Korean Cinema Retrospective
Widow DanceWidow Dance (1983) is a movie based on Lee Cheol-yong’s novel. It is the same as Lee Jang-ho’s other movie, Children of Darkness, in regards to be based on Lee’s novel. The film criticizes society by describing the life of widows ...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
The Man with Three CoffinsThe Man with Three Coffins (1987) is Lee Jang-ho’s masterpiece work of his subsequent period, based on Lee Je-ha’s novel with the same title. The main character travels with his wife’s ashes who died 3 years earlier. He meets a si...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Good Windy DaysGood Windy Days(1980) is the movie that defines Lee Jang-ho as a critical social realism writer. Ahn Sung-ki returns to the big screen as an adult actor for the first time in this film. Numerous actors such as Kim Seong-chan, Lee ...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Declaration of IdiotDeclaration of Idiot (1983), by typical realist film director Lee Jang-ho, adopts the use of innovative movie techniques that influence next generation filmmakers. He recorded ironic narration with a children’s voice, shot in low-...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Heavenly Homecoming to StarsLee Jang-ho’s debut film, Heavenly Homecoming to Stars (1974) is based on serialized novel of Choi In-ho’s that was first published in newspaper installments. The film opened to 460,000 people, crushing domestic box office records...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
God′s Eye ViewLee Jang-ho released the feature film, God’s Eye View (2013), 18 years after his feature film, Declaration of Genius (1995). A missionary group comprised of a church minister, a missionary, and a church elder is kidnapped by the I...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Children of Darkness Part 1, Young-ae the SongstressChildren of Darkness (1981) is based on Lee Cheol-yong’s novel of the same title. The story of the film corresponds to Lee Jang-ho’s other film, Heavenly Homecoming to Stars, in regards to dealing with a woman who becomes a prosti...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Eoh Wu-dongEoh Wu-dong (1985) is a representative erotic movie of Lee Jang-ho, with the movie Between the Knees (1984). During the Joseon Dynasty reign of King Seongjong, Eoh Wu-dong born of a noble family, falls in love with a lowly man. Th...