
Directing
Lee Joon-ik
Born 1959-09-21 · 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).
Acting credits
6.9Dae-gil has been skilled with his hands and has shown a strong desire for winning ever since he was a child. He will succeed his uncle and jump into the world of Tazza, risking his life in competition.
Tazza: The Hidden Card
2014
6.6An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big promotion.
The Unjust
2010
5.5Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012
5.5An odd director leaves for Hollywood to shoot a film via Skype and cellphones. 14 actors and actresses are devastated after being dumped by the director. Now, the 14 actors and actress prepare for the counterattack.
Behind the Camera
2013
6.4A mother and father who are very open and frank with their children about sex find their relationship in turmoil when an old love enters the picture.
Sunkist Family
2019
6.8Once a famous singer, Choi Gon is reduced to doing gigs in cafes after being involved in a scandal. When Choi Gon gets arrested after an argument, Park Minsu, his manager, seeks help from a director of a radio station, who agrees, with a condition.
Radio Star
2006
Director Lee Jun-ik is one of the most diligent and fastest directors. He doesn't even walk on set. He runs more than the youngest staff member. He is busy with all his life and he makes an offer to him. Don't leave the motel room you use as your dorm for a day when there's no filming.
Slow Slow Quick Quick
2010
Behind the camera
8.4After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
Hope
2013
7.0Two clowns living in Korea's 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.
King and the Clown
2005
7.0Two clowns living in Korea's 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.
King and the Clown
2005
7.8When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write a fish-based encyclopaedia.
The Book of Fish
2021
7.1Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.
The Throne
2015
6.4Lee Mong-hak and a skilled blind swordsman Hwang Jeong-hak, both long to wipe away corruption and heal the world. Lee Mong-hak creates a rebel army to achieve his goal and get rid of the King.
Blades of Blood
2010
7.2On the day that underground rapper Hak-soo fails his 7th audition, he receives a call from his hometown that his father is in the hospital. But he finds out that it was his father's plot to bring him to Byeon-san. To top it all, he is suspected as a phishing scam criminal and locked up in this small, boring suburb.
Sunset in My Hometown
2018
NRJunho plans to give a present to his favorite female friend, Eunsu. However, Junho's plan failed due to Hyungtae's advancement towards Eunsu. This has prompted Junho to go to a shopping mall, where Eunsu's favorite singer holds a fan meeting. The kids meet together and disturbed the shopping mall. A security guard eventually catches them. On the other hand, the robbers are planning to take over the shopping mall. It is up to the kids to defeat the robber.
Kid Cop
1993
NRJunho plans to give a present to his favorite female friend, Eunsu. However, Junho's plan failed due to Hyungtae's advancement towards Eunsu. This has prompted Junho to go to a shopping mall, where Eunsu's favorite singer holds a fan meeting. The kids meet together and disturbed the shopping mall. A security guard eventually catches them. On the other hand, the robbers are planning to take over the shopping mall. It is up to the kids to defeat the robber.
Kid Cop
1993
7.3Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.
Anarchist from Colony
2017
5.6This story unfolds 8 years after 'Battle of Hwangsanbeol', which destroyed Baekjae, when Silla-Tang Dynasty union attacks Goguryeo.
Battlefield Heroes
2011
6.8Three old friends who used to be part of a rock band reunite at the fourth member's funeral. They decide to band back together with the deceased's estranged son serving as the new fourth member.
The Happy Life
2007
NRA wife diagnosed with a condition that stops her from cooking! Cooking for the first time in his life is hard enough... But penalty points if it tastes bad, and 10 points mean DIVORCE?!
My Father's Table
2026
7.8Based on a true story, renowned Korean poet, Yun Dong-ju, is detained and abused by the Japanese for participating in the Korean Independence Movement.
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
2016
5.5Gilnam, a diligent taxi driver plans to propose to his girlfriend, Yu-jeong. However, when Gilnam takes off to meet Yu-jeong with armful roses, he gets in a hit-and-run accident and dies on the spot. One night, forty-nine days later, in a graveyard, a set of headlights emerges. A mysterious taxi drives off into the city. The driver of this taxi is none other than Gilnam, but he is no longer a part of the living and he races through the city streets in search of his beloved.
Terror Taxi
2000
6.7When the king of Silla joins forces with the Tang Emperor to take over Korea, the king of Baekje calls on a legendary warrior to protect his country.
Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield
2003
6.7When the king of Silla joins forces with the Tang Emperor to take over Korea, the king of Baekje calls on a legendary warrior to protect his country.
Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield
2003
6.8Once a famous singer, Choi Gon is reduced to doing gigs in cafes after being involved in a scandal. When Choi Gon gets arrested after an argument, Park Minsu, his manager, seeks help from a director of a radio station, who agrees, with a condition.
Radio Star
2006
6.2With hopes of reuniting with her husband, who left for the Vietnam War without telling her, a young wife joins a traveling band as the lead singer.
Sunny
2008
4.9Set in 1920s Shanghai, the film recounts the activities of a group of young Koreans trying to destabilize Japanese control of their penninsula. Through an anti-occupation terrorist campaign, the five men hope to inspire a resurrection throughout their penninsular homeland.
The Anarchists
2000
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A Firefly
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Gyosan
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