The 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 sick old man and the nurse who cares for him at the motel by chance. The old man’s special offer to take him to Wolsan, which is delivered by the owner of the restaurant, was denied by the protagonist. After that, women who have had a sexual relationship with the protagonist continuously end up dead under strange circumstances. He meets the nurse again. Lee Bo-hee simultaneously plays three different roles including a nurse, who meet the protagonist. The movie maximizes a surreal mood. (Nam Dong-chul)