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Lee Doo-yong

Lee Doo-yong

South Korean film director (1942–2024)

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Doo-yong (Korean: 이두용; December 24, 1942 – January 19, 2024) was a South Korean film director. After his debut in 1969 with the film The Lost Wedding Veil (1970), Lee made more than 60 films in a wide array of genres. In the 1970s, he introduced Korean-style action films, including The Korean Connection (1974) and Left Foot of Wrath (1974).[1][2][3] His film Mulleya Mulleya (1984) created great controversy in the Korean media as well as in the West, due to the graphic portrayal of a woman's subjugated life during the Yi Dynasty.[4] Lee Doo-yong died in Seoul from lung cancer on January 19, 2024, at the age of 81.[5]

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Filmography

As director

Awards

References

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    "LEE Doo-yong". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  2. [2]
    "LEE Doo Yong: The Pathfinder of Korean Genre Films". Busan International Film Festival. 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  3. [3]
    "Korean Film Archive to Screen Director Lee Du-yong's Films". Hancinema. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
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    Dissanayake, Wimal (1994). Colonialism and Nationalism in Asian Cinema. Guildford: Indiana University Press. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0-253-20895-5. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
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    "'피막' '물레야 물레야' 연출한 거장 이두용 감독 별세(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
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    Kim, Hyun-min (18 March 2013). "PARK Pulled Off Many Extraordinary Feats for Korean Film World". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-12-24.


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