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Lee Seong-gu

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Biography

Lee Seong-gu was a South Korean film director and screenwriter active from the 1960s to the 1990s. He directed over 30 films, including The General's Mustache (1968) and A Fine, Windy Day (1980). Lee's films often explored social issues and human relationships, contributing to the evolution of South Korean cinema.

Known For

Two People In The Wall

Choo Myeong-ho, an employee of a chemical factory in a small town in North Korea, falls in love with a female employee, leading to three months of pregnancy, and the two hide this fact. The two find an old woman who secretly pays for an abortion and underwent the operation, but the female employee dies. Shocked by this, Choo Myung-ho rapes and strangles a female warrior. Returning to the factory, Choo Myung-ho rescues a young Park who was beaten for falling asleep while working, and incites fellow Park. The riot fails, many parks are killed, and Choo Myung-ho, who has survived his life, escapes to South Korea in search of freedom, but is shot and fell into the sea to die. The North Koreans demand the UN return the bodies. The UN has announced that it will return Choo Myung-ho's body back to North Korea for humanitarian reasons.

Two People In The Wall

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Do-sub is a member of a vagabond performance group. While performing his tightrope act at retired minister Lee's birthday banquet, Do-sub's eyes meet with Lee's daughter, Hyang-ah, and he falls to the ground. Due to his injuries, Do-sub ends up staying in Lee's barn. When Do-sub and Hyang-ah fall in love, Lee kills Do-sub and throws his body in the mountain. However, it turns out that Do-sub isn't quite dead so Hyang-ah runs away with him and looks for the performance group. To save his family's honor, Lee kills Hyang-ah's servant Yu-wol and holds a funeral for her, pretending that it is Hyang-ah. Now part of the performance group, Hyang-ah gives birth to a son and learns the traditional Korean masque dance from Old Man Song. When Hyang-ah learns of her father's death, she goes to his grave where her older brother, Byung-jun, grabs her and locks her up. The performance group convinces him to let her go.

Road

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