Sun-jae Lee Movies

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Lady Hong

A man is haunted by the ghost of his murdered girlfriend who tries to tempt him into the underworld. He is also visited by the girls dead mother who is furious with him for loving her daughter.

Chunwon Lee Kwang-su

Based on the life of Lee Kwang-su who was exiled to China during the Japanese occupation of Korea. After liberation, he was kidnapped by northern soldiers to become a mouthpiece of propaganda before he finally escapes to the south

Jongro Blues

Chang-gu fights and kills a leader of Seoul's organized crime and he takes the reigns of power as a result...

Haneulnaraeseo on pyeonji

Mi-kyeong writes to her father daily while he works far from home. When he dies in a work-related accident, the mailman tells her to continue writing and her father will answer her from ... See full summary »

Arirang ah!

A man reviews the heartbreaks that he experienced in his lifetime including torture by the Japanese colonial police, the death of his son in the Korean War, his second son's emigration to ... See full summary »

Always Loving You

Betrayed by their lovers, Woon-ho and Yu-mi pretend to be a couple in order to make their ex's jealous. Failing that, they decide that a double suicide is the way to go. The police ... See full summary »

When You Didn't Love Me

Using the excuse that she wants to help with the household finances, a housewife takes a job as a pianist. She actually has two other purposes. One is to spend time away from her cheating ... See full summary »

End of an Affair

Past Loves

During a concert in Japan a singer encounters his childhood sweetheart and their old love is rekindled with new passion. However their love is a problem for the singer because he is already engaged to the daughter of his mentor.

Sky and Star

A blacksmith cherishes the hankerchief his ex-girlfriend dropped on her wedding day when she married a wealthy man. But her husband's wealth diminishes, the blacksmith buys up the ... See full summary »

Hateful King

King Yeon-san meets a simple peasant girl named Dal-nim while he was on a hunting trip. Struck by her beauty, he orders her to the palace as a concubine

A Twist of Fate

When the conflict between two rival labor unions turns violent, Hwang Geon kills a man of the opposing faction. Full of guilt, he decides to raise the son of the slain man.

Wounds

After a very hard life, a woman is finally able to open a cafe and she feels that she can at last settle down and marry. She considers a proposal from her first love, now a widower, but she... See full summary »

Wet Grass and Leaves

When a mother is found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years imprisonment, her doting daughter, with no one to take her in, must find a way to survive during her absence

Put Out the Light

The wife of a painter complains that her husband ignores her whenever he is working on a picture. One day her husband unexpectedly goes to Paris to study and when he returns he works all ... See full summary »

Road to Peace

The story of the Jeungsan-do religion. Born in 1870, Jeung-san was opposed to the annexation of Korea by Japan. He helped the people overcome their suffering by creating a cult which ... See full summary »