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Lee Joon-ik
Director 66 years old

Lee Joon-ik

Seoul, South Korea

Lee Joon-ik (이준익) is a South Korean film director, producer, and occasional actor. Best known for mega-hit King and the Clown (2005), Hope (2013), and The Throne (2015).

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

4 titles
Jasaneobo

Jasaneobo

Lee Joon-ik 2021 2h 6m

When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write a fish-based encyclopaedia.

Dongju

Dongju

Lee Joon-ik 2016 1h 51m

Based on a true story, renowned Korean poet, Yun Dong-ju, is detained and abused by the Japanese for participating in the Korean Independence Movement.

Sado

Sado

Lee Joon-ik 2015 2h 6m

A historical story describing the death of Prince Sado.

Wang-ui namja

Wang-ui namja

Lee Joon-ik 2005 2h 1m 6.5

Two clowns living in the Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution, but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.

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