Lee Myung-se

Duelist (2005)

Detective Nam-soon goes undercover with her partner Detective Ahn to investigate the counterfeit money. She discovers that one loyal henchman, Sad Eyes, a beautiful swordsman with a pale, blank face, is related to the truth. Nam-soon and Sad Eyes confront each ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Yoon Joo-sang  •  Cheal-jong Shim  •  Bae Joong-sik  •  Hwang Ui-doo

Detective Nam-soon goes undercover with her partner Detective Ahn to investigate the counterfeit money. She discovers that one loyal henchman, Sad Eyes, a beautiful swordsman with a pale, blank face, is related to the truth. Nam-soon and Sad Eyes confront each ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Yoon Joo-sang  •  Cheal-jong Shim  •  Bae Joong-sik  •  Hwang Ui-doo

Their Last Love Affair (1996)

Youngmin is a professor of literature and the father of two children. He is in love with a journalist who is an admirer of his poetry. They first meet when Youngmin invites her to a dinner thanking her for an article that she has written about him. Since them, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Kang Soo-youn  •  Kim Kap-soo  •  Kim Hak-cheol  •  Kim Jong-goo

Youngmin is a professor of literature and the father of two children. He is in love with a journalist who is an admirer of his poetry. They first meet when Youngmin invites her to a dinner thanking her for an article that she has written about him. Since them, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Kang Soo-youn  •  Kim Kap-soo  •  Kim Hak-cheol  •  Kim Jong-goo

First Love (1993)

A college freshman majoring in drama finds herself falling in love with a chain-smoking guest lecturer at her school despite their substantial age difference.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Kim Hye-soo  •  Song Young-chang  •  Jo Min-ki  •  Ahn Hae-Suk

A college freshman majoring in drama finds herself falling in love with a chain-smoking guest lecturer at her school despite their substantial age difference.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Kim Hye-soo  •  Song Young-chang  •  Jo Min-ki  •  Ahn Hae-Suk

Through Korean Cinema (2010)

Discover the roots of Korean cinema. A cinema who surprised by the success recorded in the major international festivals. Interviews to five famous Korean directors, to get to know closely the evolution of Korean cinema. Through their words, their pictures and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso
CAST:  Im Kwon-taek  •  Park Kwang-su  •  Lee Chang-dong  •  Lee Myung-se

Discover the roots of Korean cinema. A cinema who surprised by the success recorded in the major international festivals. Interviews to five famous Korean directors, to get to know closely the evolution of Korean cinema. Through their words, their pictures and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso
CAST:  Im Kwon-taek  •  Park Kwang-su  •  Lee Chang-dong  •  Lee Myung-se

My Love, My Bride (1990)

Young-Min and Mi-Young graduated from the same college and fell in love. They finally got married. As time goes by, they bicker over even the tiniest of issues. One day, at a coffee shop, Mi-Young waits for Young-Min and meets her ex-boss. Young-Min sees them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Choi Jin-sil  •  Park Joong-hoon  •  Do Yong-gu  •  Choi Jong-won

Young-Min and Mi-Young graduated from the same college and fell in love. They finally got married. As time goes by, they bicker over even the tiniest of issues. One day, at a coffee shop, Mi-Young waits for Young-Min and meets her ex-boss. Young-Min sees them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Choi Jin-sil  •  Park Joong-hoon  •  Do Yong-gu  •  Choi Jong-won

M (2007)

A young writer can't write a word for his next novel, he also doesn't feel right with his fiancée; because he falls in love with a woman, but he can't remember who she is and can't figure out if she's real or just a dream.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Gang Dong-won  •  Lee Yeon-hee  •  Gong Hyo-jin  •  Im Won-hee

A young writer can't write a word for his next novel, he also doesn't feel right with his fiancée; because he falls in love with a woman, but he can't remember who she is and can't figure out if she's real or just a dream.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Gang Dong-won  •  Lee Yeon-hee  •  Gong Hyo-jin  •  Im Won-hee

Nowhere to Hide (1999)

Detective Woo is on the trail of the mysterious gangster Sungmin, a master of disguise who always manages to elude his pursuers. Eventually, the cop tracks down and confronts the master-criminal in the suburbs of a coal-mining town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Park Joong-hoon  •  Ahn Sung-ki  •  Jang Dong-gun  •  Choi Ji-woo

Detective Woo is on the trail of the mysterious gangster Sungmin, a master of disguise who always manages to elude his pursuers. Eventually, the cop tracks down and confronts the master-criminal in the suburbs of a coal-mining town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Park Joong-hoon  •  Ahn Sung-ki  •  Jang Dong-gun  •  Choi Ji-woo

Can’t Live Without You (2017)

"This woman. A strange woman who is walking right in front of you now. This woman is dragging a bag of her body to a stocking with holes. Who is this woman? A woman who is like a boxer who just finished the race, sprays the scent of pars everywhere instead of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Yoo In-young  •  Kim Seol-jin

"This woman. A strange woman who is walking right in front of you now. This woman is dragging a bag of her body to a stocking with holes. Who is this woman? A woman who is like a boxer who just finished the race, sprays the scent of pars everywhere instead of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Yoo In-young  •  Kim Seol-jin

Gagman (1989)

Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Bae Chang-ho  •  Hwang Shin-hye  •  Ahn Sung-ki  •  Jeon Moo-song

Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Bae Chang-ho  •  Hwang Shin-hye  •  Ahn Sung-ki  •  Jeon Moo-song

Bitter and Sweet (1995)

A group of people whose lives suffer from stagnation, are working together in the same company and their lives are scutinized by those who see them. There is the development manager whose last new idea was five years earlier; a procrastinating office clerk with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Ahn Sung-ki  •  Park Sang-min  •  Kim Hye-soo  •  Song Young-chang

A group of people whose lives suffer from stagnation, are working together in the same company and their lives are scutinized by those who see them. There is the development manager whose last new idea was five years earlier; a procrastinating office clerk with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Myung-se
CAST:  Ahn Sung-ki  •  Park Sang-min  •  Kim Hye-soo  •  Song Young-chang

The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema (2006)

South Korean cinema is in the throes of a creative explosion where mavericks are encouraged and masters are venerated. But from where has this phenomenon emerged? What is the culture that has yielded this range of filmmakers? With The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hubert Niogret
CAST:  Park Chan-wook  •  Hong Sang-soo  •  Im Sang-soo  •  Kim Ki-duk

South Korean cinema is in the throes of a creative explosion where mavericks are encouraged and masters are venerated. But from where has this phenomenon emerged? What is the culture that has yielded this range of filmmakers? With The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hubert Niogret
CAST:  Park Chan-wook  •  Hong Sang-soo  •  Im Sang-soo  •  Kim Ki-duk

Missing Pictures (2021)

For every film completed, dozens of potential films fall by the wayside and never make it onto the big screen. In the VR experience Missing Pictures, Abel Ferrara, Tsai Ming-liang, Catherine Hardwicke, Naomi Kawase, and Lee Myung-Se give us a guided tour of a story ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clément Deneux
CAST:  Tsai Ming-liang  •  Naomi Kawase  •  Catherine Hardwicke  •  Abel Ferrara

For every film completed, dozens of potential films fall by the wayside and never make it onto the big screen. In the VR experience Missing Pictures, Abel Ferrara, Tsai Ming-liang, Catherine Hardwicke, Naomi Kawase, and Lee Myung-Se give us a guided tour of a story ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clément Deneux
CAST:  Tsai Ming-liang  •  Naomi Kawase  •  Catherine Hardwicke  •  Abel Ferrara