Lee Hye-sook

Acting

Lee Hye-sook

Born 1962-09-04 · Seoul, South Korea

Lee Hye-sook (이혜숙), born Chun Jin-hwa (천진화), is a South Korean actress.  She began her acting career in 1979.

Acting credits

The Silver Stallion Will Never Come poster
3.5

Soldiers with the U.N. forces that entered Korea during the Korean War rape a village girl named Eon-rae. The villagers ostracize Eon-rae and her son. Unable to make a living, Eon-rae joins the brothel district that has been set up near the U.N. base on the other side of the river from the village. The war and the introduction of U.S. culture break down the social order of the village. After several village children have died, the villagers put the blame on the prostitutes. Eventually the villagers, unable to maintain the village, leave their homes one by one. Eon-rae and her son also leave

The Silver Stallion Will Never Come

1991

Take Off poster
6.1

Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics.

Take Off

2009

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Youth is Passion

1981

Life Line poster
9.5

In 1921, while Korea suffers under the japanese colonial rule, wealthy Choi, owner of a small fishing fleet, dominates the economy of remote Nak-wol Island and rules over it like a tyrant. When his overfishing depletes the catches, Choi blames the water spirits which angers the local shaman. To earn more money, Choi becomes a loan shark, driving the villagers deep in debt. One resident, Jong-cheon, decides that he has had enough and starts to organize a rebellion.

Life Line

1986

Subzero Point '81 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Subzero Point '81

1981

Passion Portrait poster
6.7

Failing to enter the university of his choice, a young man is forced to enter a local college, but a series of disappointments causes him to give up his studies and begin a life of aimless travel.

Passion Portrait

1991

The Stranger poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Stranger

1984

Kim's War poster
8.0

This is the true story of Kim Hee-ro and his fight for justice in Japan. On February 20, 1968, two Japanese gangsters were killed in a cabaret in Shizuoka, Japan. Kim Hee-개, a Korean resident of Japan, was accused of th crime. Kim held 13 people hostage in a nearby hotel, trying to have his story of constant intimidation and threats by the gangsters told, but eventually he was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Kim's War

1992

Camels Don't Cry Alone poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Camels Don't Cry Alone

1991

Jung-kwang's Nonsense poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jung-kwang's Nonsense

1986