Lee Won-se

Directing

Lee Won-se

Born — Died

1940-04-06 — 2023-06-19

Place of birth

Pyongwon County, North Korea

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

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8.0

Popular singer, Hun, falls in love with Oh Su-mi. She is extremely jealous of other women and demands that Hun give up singing so she can have him for herself.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

1983

Crocodile poster
5.1

A giant crocodile is killing and frightening people living nearby rivers. Two men, whose wives and daughter have been killed by the crocodile, decide to chase and eliminate it.

Crocodile

1979

Crocodile poster
5.1

A giant crocodile is killing and frightening people living nearby rivers. Two men, whose wives and daughter have been killed by the crocodile, decide to chase and eliminate it.

Crocodile

1979

The Woman Who Stole the Sun poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Woman Who Stole the Sun

1979

A Dwarf Launches a Little Ball poster
5.4

A dwarf and his poor, but loving, family who are forced out of their house by a real estate agent.

A Dwarf Launches a Little Ball

1981

Special Investigation Unit: The Life of Miss Kim Su-im poster
9.5

Kim Su-im, the mistress of an American colonel, is arrested and charged with being a North Korean spy. While not denying the charge, Miss Kim takes the trial as an opportunity to relate her life as an explanation of why she committed treason as a spy.

Special Investigation Unit: The Life of Miss Kim Su-im

1974

The Last Words From A Comrade In Arms poster
NR

An elite group of soldiers serving during the Korean War is sent deep into enemy territory to destroy the fortress at area 598, knowing all too well that most or all of these brave men will be lost.

The Last Words From A Comrade In Arms

1979

Crocodile Fangs poster
4.0

A giant crocodile is terrorizing Thai villagers. A group of adventurers set out by boat to track it down and kill it. The Korean cut is lost, however, every other export release/recut survives.

Crocodile Fangs

1978

Crocodile Fangs poster
4.0

A giant crocodile is terrorizing Thai villagers. A group of adventurers set out by boat to track it down and kill it. The Korean cut is lost, however, every other export release/recut survives.

Crocodile Fangs

1978

An Affair with Peanuts poster
9.0

An unmarried man in his mid-thirties meets a homeless woman. He allows her to live with him. In return, she must do the household chores. However, to avoid trouble from their conservative landlord, they must pass themselves off as married.

An Affair with Peanuts

1979

A Man Who Died Daily poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Man Who Died Daily

1981

Special Investigation Unit: One-Armed Kim Jong-won poster
8.0

Kim Jong-won, a communist operative in South Korea, turns himself in and assists the Special Investigation Unit to bring the other members of his organization to trial.

Special Investigation Unit: One-Armed Kim Jong-won

1975

The World Without a Mother poster
7.0

His mother having died while giving birth to his younger brother, and his father mentally incapacitated due to a serious car accident, 13-year old Yeong-cheol must look after his yoyng siblings. His neighbors, however, feel that it would be a kindness to have the children sent to an orphanage.

The World Without a Mother

1977

No artwork available
10.0

While attending a music seminar in the USA, Professor Jang has a one night stand. Eight years later, back in Korea, he receives a call saying that the woman has died but left behind a young child whom she claimed was his.

Three Days, Three Nights

1983

The Whereabouts of Eve poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Whereabouts of Eve

1982

Until Heaven Calls poster
7.0

Distraught that he is unable to go to his parent's home for the holidays, Sang-do gets drunk and meets a beautiful woman, but he winds up spending the night in the hospital after being beaten by her boyfriend. Upon being discharged, he finds a blank check on the sidewalk and is torn between following his conscience or his greed.

Until Heaven Calls

1980

Rocking Horse And A Girl poster
10.0

Sang-gyu is a baseball player suffering from a batting slump. His unlucky streak ends when he meets a girl who is dying of anemia.

Rocking Horse And A Girl

1976

The Stranger poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Stranger

1984

A Queen Bee poster
8.0

Mi-hie's affair with her foreign English teacher comes to an end. Feeling that she is ruined for marriage, Mi-hie dubs herself the Queen Bee and begins the life of a prostitute in Itaewon. When she learns that her sister is dating an American, Min-hie decides to make an example of him as a warning to others.

A Queen Bee

1986

No artwork available
10.0

Also known as Hong Kong.

Raiding Party

1979

The Flower and the Snake poster
8.0

Lee, Seon-ok is murdered while her husband is performing in a play. Detectives investigating the case, learn that their are several reasons why someone might want him dead.

The Flower and the Snake

1975

He Knows Gwanghwamun Well poster
7.0

After failing three times to enter a university, Ha-rim decides to reflect on his personal history and rediscover his roots as a way of finding maturity.

He Knows Gwanghwamun Well

1977

Special Investigation Unit: The Case of Bae Tae-ok poster
10.0

Bae Tae-ok was a patriotic Korean who resisted Japanese occupation. After liberation, her husband brainwashes her into accepting the communist philosphy. During the Korean War, she was appointed to lead the Women's League For Communism but was later arrested for her anti-capitalism activities and tried for treason.

Special Investigation Unit: The Case of Bae Tae-ok

1974

The World Without a Mother 2 poster
8.0

Yeong-cheol, at only 13, is the head of his family and takes care of his mentally incompacitated father and 2 younger brothers. The neighbors take pity on the family and arrange for a young woman to marry Yeong-cheol's father so the children can have a legal guardian.

The World Without a Mother 2

1978