Direction: Lee Kang-cheon

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Lee Kang-cheon. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


I Have Been Cheated

1964 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Shin Young-kyun · Moon Jeong-suk · Lee Ye-chun

Plot Based on the life of North Korean spy Kim Su-im who attempted to set up a communist party in South Korea only to find herself betrayed by her associates in...

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The Distance Between North and South

1966 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Kim Ji-mee · Kim Jin-kyu · Jang Dong-hwi · Tae Hyeon-shil

Plot North Korean agents kidnapped South Korean patriots and place them in concentration camps. A South Korean spy is charged with getting himself kidnapped in order to rescue the abductees.

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Stranger in My Heart

1971 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Shin Sung-il · Moon Hee

Plot Ju-shik marries a poor girl over his mother's objections. His mother treats the bride so badly that the latter flees the house and supports herself as a schoolteacher. Ju-shik's mother...

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For This Moment

1961 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Choi Mu-ryong · Mi-ryeong Jo · Hwang Jung-seun · Hwang Hae-nam

Plot During the Korean War, a man takes a job as a war correspondant. His girlfriend hears nothing from him and is shocked when, years later, she learns that he is...

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The Mountains and Rivers Left Behind

1962 · Movie · 122 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Kim Jin-kyu · Kim Ji-mee · Kim Seung-ho · Lee Ye-chun

Plot Propaganda film depicting the North Koreans as desperately trying to escape from the boundaries of their nation but being forced to stay by soviet troops.

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The Gyerong Mountains

1966 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Kim Hye-jeong · Heo Jang-kang · Choi Nam-hyeon

Plot At the end of the Choseon Dynasty, many cults appeared. One such cult in the Gyeryong Mountains told its believers that they must endure the suffering of this world to...

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150 Miles on the Nakdong River

1963 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Choi Mu-ryong · Kim Ji-mee · Kim Jin-kyu

Plot A woman travel to Seoul to locate the father of her child. Unable to find him, she returns to her home along the Nakdong River, resolutely facing the challenges of...

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Live Stronger

1965 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Shin Young-kyun · Kim Ji-mee · Heo Jang-kang · Lee Ye-chun

Plot A nobleman is so poor that his wife secretly finds work as a seamstress. When he discovers this fact, the nobleman leaves his home in shame to seek his fortune...

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Love

1957 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Kim Jin-kyu · Kim Hyeong-ju · Ju Jeung-nyeo · Hwang Jung-seun

Plot Seon-ok, a nurse in a hospital, falls in love with Dr Ahn whose wife is dying.

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Idiot Adada

1956 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Na Ae-sim · Rim Han · Jang Min-ho · Kim Jeong-ok

Plot Adada's poor husband suddenly strikes it rich. He changes his hovel for a beautiful home, but his character changes as well. He becomes overly proud and shows off his wealth....

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Eight Swordsmen

1963 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Kim Jin-kyu · Lee Ye-chun · Um Aing-ran

Plot The Lightning Swords comprises of eight expert swordsman who vow to restore the monarchy and resist the tyranny of usurper Kwang Hae-kun.

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Eyes

1968 · Movie · 85 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Nam Kung-won · Park No-sik · Choi In-suk

Plot Wounded while destroying a communist munitions plant behind enemy lines, a South Korean soldier hides in the mountains. He is found by the wife of a communist official and her...

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Garden of Youth

1960 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Kim Jin-kyu · Do Geum-bong · Hwang Hae

Plot When his father's business fails, a young architect borrows money from his friends and gets his father a job aiding in the construction of a building he designed.

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Vagabond

1961 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Lee Ye-chun · Lee Kyeong-hie · Kim Seung-ho

Plot A young man leads a life of pleasure, much to the dismay of his wife and father. They convince him to leave home for a while to learn about the...

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History of Love

1960 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Choi Eun-hee · Kim Jin-kyu · Shin Sung-il · Kim Hye-jeong

Plot A woman supports a young student who was a pupil of her late husband. She soon falls in love with him and sacrifices everything for his success and happiness, knowing...

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Sword of the Flowering Star

1968 · Movie · 102 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Park No-sik · Kim Hye-jeong · Heo Jang-kang

Plot Messenger Eung-nam is robbed of a large sum of money by bandit couple, Yang-jin and Yong-nyeo. A warrent is issued for the arrest of Eung-nam who is suspected of stealing...

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Son of the Leader

1968 · Movie · 100 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Shin Sung-il · Park No-sik · Kim Dong-won · Kim Hye-kyeong

Plot The son of a high-ranking communist official finishes his education in Moscow just in time for the outbreak of the Korean War. Serving as a lieutenant under his father's command,...

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Dead Men and Living Men

1966 · Movie · 105 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Shin Young-kyun · Kim Hye-jeong · Park Am · Lee Ye-chun

Plot A woman becomes a South Korean agent in order to take revenge on North Koreans for the death of her husband during the Korean War.

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Life

1958 · Movie · min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Choi Seong-jin · Moon Jeong-suk · Jang Min-ho · Lee Min-ja

Plot Jeon Chang-nim is rejected by her lover, Byeong-guk, who marries another woman for her money. She decides to forget her troubles and goes to the U.S. to study. Several months...

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Endless Tragedy

1957 · Movie · 85 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Kang-cheon

Cast Park Am · Han Mi-na · Na Ae-sim · Jeon Yeong-seon

Plot During the January 1951 evacuation of Seoul, a couple becomes separated. Alone with her child, the woman takes a job as a waitress in a bar. When she meets her...

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