Directing

Lee Hyuk-soo

Born

1938-07-18 (88)

Known for

Directing

Credits

27 titles

Known for

Champ vs. Champ poster
6.0

A gang leader targets the daughter of an enemy who's been promised to a local fighter. After losing his leg to a poison arrow, the fighter learns to fight again using a metal leg.

Champ vs. Champ

1980

Woman's Wail poster
6.7

Ok-bun had been sold into marriage to the family of Lee Kyung-jin, a family in ruin. On the wedding night, Ok-bun's husband, Myung-kyu dies of odd circumstances. Ok-bun finds out that her sister-in-laws Kyung-ran and Young-suk, who've married Myung-kyu's brothers, were also widowed on their wedding nights. Meanwhile, Wol-ah appears from the grave. She murders Shin and takes his form. Wol-ah goes into the household of Lee Kyung-jin and from that day on, strange happenings occur in succession. Kyung-ran and Young-suk are murdered. Ok-bun goes to Wol-ah's grave and tries to tell her this but it is too late. Wol-ah tries to kill Ok-bun too. But she tells the hardships and sorrows of low-class people and moves Wol-ah's heart. Ok-bun barely escapes with her life.

Woman's Wail

1986

Albatross poster
5.7

A mixed group of prisoners in a concentration camp in North Korea struggle for survival and dignity as best the can, enduring the cruelty of the guards and of their fellow inmates.

Albatross

1996

The Dynamite Shaolin Heroes poster
4.9

In Ching Dynasty, surviving retainers of Ming Dynasty swears with blood to restore their country. Hwang Baek who is greedy for power, brutally kills them but the master Mok-ryun defeats him every time. Kang Shi-baek, the lord of Haedong, has a daughter, Chung-chung, who is engaged with Chon-ryong. Baek-ho asks to marry her also. Hwang-baek plots against Kang Shi-baek and puts him in jail. When Kang Shi-baek's head was about to be cut off, two of the masters Mok-ryun show up and rid of Hwang-baek group. Chon-ryong matches against and beats Hwang-baek and leaves with Chung-chung.

The Dynamite Shaolin Heroes

1978

No artwork available
10.0

A Vietnamese woman living in Seoul, meets a college student and falls in love. Despite their happiness and his obvious love for her, she cannot bring herself to reveal the details of her past to him.

The Wedding Dress of Tears

1991

The Heartless 3rd Wharf poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Heartless 3rd Wharf

1993

Behind the camera

Champ vs. Champ poster
6.0

A gang leader targets the daughter of an enemy who's been promised to a local fighter. After losing his leg to a poison arrow, the fighter learns to fight again using a metal leg.

Champ vs. Champ

1980

Woman's Wail poster
6.7

Ok-bun had been sold into marriage to the family of Lee Kyung-jin, a family in ruin. On the wedding night, Ok-bun's husband, Myung-kyu dies of odd circumstances. Ok-bun finds out that her sister-in-laws Kyung-ran and Young-suk, who've married Myung-kyu's brothers, were also widowed on their wedding nights. Meanwhile, Wol-ah appears from the grave. She murders Shin and takes his form. Wol-ah goes into the household of Lee Kyung-jin and from that day on, strange happenings occur in succession. Kyung-ran and Young-suk are murdered. Ok-bun goes to Wol-ah's grave and tries to tell her this but it is too late. Wol-ah tries to kill Ok-bun too. But she tells the hardships and sorrows of low-class people and moves Wol-ah's heart. Ok-bun barely escapes with her life.

Woman's Wail

1986

Albatross poster
5.7

A mixed group of prisoners in a concentration camp in North Korea struggle for survival and dignity as best the can, enduring the cruelty of the guards and of their fellow inmates.

Albatross

1996

The Dynamite Shaolin Heroes poster
4.9

In Ching Dynasty, surviving retainers of Ming Dynasty swears with blood to restore their country. Hwang Baek who is greedy for power, brutally kills them but the master Mok-ryun defeats him every time. Kang Shi-baek, the lord of Haedong, has a daughter, Chung-chung, who is engaged with Chon-ryong. Baek-ho asks to marry her also. Hwang-baek plots against Kang Shi-baek and puts him in jail. When Kang Shi-baek's head was about to be cut off, two of the masters Mok-ryun show up and rid of Hwang-baek group. Chon-ryong matches against and beats Hwang-baek and leaves with Chung-chung.

The Dynamite Shaolin Heroes

1978

No artwork available
10.0

A Vietnamese woman living in Seoul, meets a college student and falls in love. Despite their happiness and his obvious love for her, she cannot bring herself to reveal the details of her past to him.

The Wedding Dress of Tears

1991

The Heartless 3rd Wharf poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Heartless 3rd Wharf

1993

Imbecile 3 poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Imbecile 3

1987

Prince Yeon-san poster
NR

Prince Yeon-san

Prince Yeon-san

1987

No artwork available
10.0

The famous detective called 'the Hedgehog' finds himself the reluctant pawn of a North Korean spy who is trying to gain control of the Busan smuggling operations.

Hedgehog of the Third Dock

1977

The Magnificent Duo poster
7.5

Lee Sung-sun is nicknamed Sirasoni (means a baby tiger) for his gentle personality. Because of his strong sense of justice, Sung-sun gets into a fight with Japanese students and this keeps him from going on his honeymoon. He flees to China. There, he helps a Chinese woman being harassed by the Japanese and ends up working with the Chinese dock laborers. The dock manager doesn't pay the workers fairly and represses them. When Sung-sun loses a friend because of this, he confronts the Japanese and puts a big dent in their pride.

The Magnificent Duo

1979

No artwork available
7.0

A man wears a camilla sent to him by his former lover upon his release from prison. He later learns that she has been killed and that her husband is a North Korean spy. Taking the code-name Camilla Flower, he begins a vendetta against the espionage ring.

The Camellia Man

1979

No artwork available
9.0

A eunuch gains favor with the queen and can do no wrong in her eyes. He commits all kinds of heinous acts in his quest for wealth. A daughter of one of his victims learns swordplay so she can avenge her master who was killed by the eunuch.

Yeo Sin-yong

1982

No artwork available
8.0

A woman, 8 months pregnant, attempts suicide but is stopped by the police. She is sent to a home for unwed mothers, run by nuns. She is less than grateful to the nuns for their care and makes trouble whenever possible. She also plans to destroy the life of the man who put her in this situation.

She Cried Like the Rain

1984

Buddhist Fist and Tiger Claws poster
5.7

A woman has half of a map that will lead her to a treasure trove of gold ingots that she and and her brother want to deliver to the Korean Independence Army. However, several other factions are searching for the gold and all are experts at deadly forms of martial arts.

Buddhist Fist and Tiger Claws

1981

Blood Relations poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Blood Relations

1976

The Divine Martial Arts Of Dharma poster
6.2

A rumor surfaces that the fighting scriptures, 'Dharma's Secret Technique,' written by the Buddhist priest, Dharma, is secretly hidden in a Buddhist temple in China. The masters who love justice and the warriors of the Biryong Fighting Hall search high and low for the scriptures. Seo Chun-wi has come from Koryo to avenge himself against his parents' enemies. Chun-wi becomes the disciple of the greatest fighting master Tae-baek. He receives 'Dharma's Secret Technique' and begins his training. However, Ma Chun-pyo and his gang have been eyeing the scriptures. They put drugs in Chun-wi's tea and defeat him. They seize 'Dharma's Secret Technique' and even kill Ah-min, Chun-wi's girlfriend. However, through incredible efforts, Chun-wi regains his strength and makes a clean sweep of Chun-pyo and his gang. Chun-wi punishes Suk-in, the enemy of his parents, and returns to his home country.

The Divine Martial Arts Of Dharma

1978

The Black Hat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Black Hat

1993

No artwork available
7.0

Patriot Kim Du-han faces a difficult situation when he is detained on a murder charge at the American army base in Itaewon. Things become worse when the prison chief is bribed by communists to make sure Kim Du-han does not survive.

A Chivalrous Man Named Kim Du-han

1981

No artwork available
9.0

Two cops share a common goal--to take revenge on the man who killed their parents.

The Man with a Nickname

1981

Hands of Lightning poster
NR

Baek-Chun, Baek-Ryong, and Baek-Ran lost their father. Aimless and wandering the streets, they find trouble with Paeng's gang who works for the nobleman, Jin. How far will the gangster go, and who will help the siblings against the gangsters?

Hands of Lightning

1982

Battle with Top-Class Samuri poster
8.0

In an effort to take advantage of the political chaos during the reign of King Ko-jong, the emporer of Japan sends several warriors to infiltrate Korea. The son of the nation's top martial arts teacher, who has been studying dance and Buddhism, proves that he is a warrior as well as an artist by fighting off the invaders with Taekwondo.

Battle with Top-Class Samuri

1980

Kim Chun-sam, the King of Beggars poster
NR

Kim Chun-sam, who has known life as a beggar, resolves to lead and uplift others like him. Through sheer determination and struggle, he rises to become the "king of beggars." He forms the "Self-Reliance Pioneering Group," promoting land reclamation, organizing community marriages, guiding thieves and outcasts toward hope, and dreaming of a society where begging no longer exists.

Kim Chun-sam, the King of Beggars

1975

Heuk-pyo of Shaolin Temple poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Heuk-pyo of Shaolin Temple

1978

No artwork available
10.0

The pupils of rival martial arts schools attempt to destroy each other using super-martial arts and spells raising the dead.

Reversed Enemy

1982

United Front poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

United Front

1967

No artwork available
8.0

The son of a famous freedom fighter returns home from overseas to discover the streets of Seoul are being terrorized by gangsters from Japan. He and a beautiful kisaeng, the Korean version of a geisha, plot to drive the outlaws off.

Challenge of Spite

1983

No artwork available
NR

The death of a company CEO triggers a battle for his estate, when his will indicates that he leaves everything to his missing granddaughter. Now everyone in the company must compete to find her first.

Quick Man

2002