Direction: Lee Joon-ik

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


Hope (Wish)

2013 · Movie · 123 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Kim Hae-sook · Kim Sang-ho · Ra Mi-ran · Sul Kyoung-gu

Synopsis On a rainy morning, little So-Won (Lee Re) leaves for school, which is not very far from her home. Her father works at a local factory and her mother runs a modest neighborhood stationary shop below their home. So-Won is...

7.6

467 votes

7.6

467 votes

The King and the Clown

2005 · Movie · 120 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Kam Woo-seong · Jeong Jin-yeong · Kang Seong-yeon · Lee Joon-gi

Synopsis Two clowns living in the Joseon 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...

7.0

304 votes

7.0

304 votes

The Throne

2015 · Movie · 125 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Jin Ji-hee · Kim Hae-sook · Moon Geun-young · Park Won-sang

Synopsis King Yeongjo (Song Kang-Ho) orders his own son, Crown Prince Sado, to suffocate to death in a large wooden chest.

6.7

110 votes

6.7

110 votes

Sunny (You Are in a Far Away Nation)

2008 · Movie · 126 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Su-Ae · Jeong Jin-yeong · Jeong Kyeong-ho · Wipawee Charoenpura

Synopsis In 1971 Korea, Sooni (Su Ae) is an average housewife, whose only hobby is singing. At the time, some 320,000 Korean men are dispatched to fight alongside American troops in the Vietnam War, and her husband, Sang-gil (Uhm Tae-woong), is...

6.3

24 votes

6.3

24 votes

The Happy Life

2007 · Movie · 112 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Ban Jun-suk · Chu Kwi-Jung · Hwang Hyeon-seong · Jang Keun-suk

Synopsis Sang-woo, the leader of college rock band Volcano, dies and sets up a reunion for Gi-yeong and the other members of the group. Former bass player Seong-wook lives a hand-to-mouth existence working two jobs. Drummer Hyeok-su is a single father...

6.0

34 votes

6.0

34 votes

Blades of Blood

2010 · Movie · 108 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Hwang Jung-min · Cha Seung-won · Han Ji-hye · Baek Sung-Hyun

Synopsis Blades of Blood (Goo-reu-meul beo-seo-nan dal-cheo-reom) is a 2010 South Korean action drama film directed by Lee Joon-ik. The film is based on the graphic novel Like the Moon Escaping from the Clouds. PLOT: During a turbulent time when political...

5.6

81 votes

5.6

81 votes

Battlefield Heroes

2011 · Movie · 117 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Jeong Jin-yeong · Lee Moon-sik · Ryu Seung-ryong · Sun Woo-Sun

Synopsis Set sometime in the 7th century, "Battlefield Heroes" depicts a humorous, yet intricate battle, between the Korean kingdoms of Silla, Goguryeo and the Chinese Tang dynasty. Rising Korean power Silla aligns with the Chinese Tang dynasty to attack its bigger...

5.4

39 votes

5.4

39 votes

Anarchist from Colony

2017 · Movie · 129 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Lee Je-hoon

Synopsis Life of a upcoming Korean patriot Park Yeol, who formed the anarchist organization "Black Wave" during the Japanese colonial period and attempted the assassination of the Japanese Crown Prince Hirohito.

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Sunset in My Hometown

2018 · Movie · 123 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Kim Go-eun · Park Jung-min · Shin Hyon-bin · Joon Go

Synopsis Hak-soo has challenged TV audition program for 6 years but never gets into the finalist. On the day he fails his 7th audition, he receives a call from his hometown that his father is in the hospital. He rushes to...

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Once Upon a Time in the Battlefield

2003 · Movie · 104 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Park Joong-hoon · Jeong Jin-yeong · Oh Ji-myeong · Kim Sun-a

Synopsis In the 600's, there were endless disputes between the three separate kingdoms that now make up the modern-day Korean peninsula, Baekche, Koguryo and Shilla. The king of Shilla, Kim Choon-Chu established diplomatic and military ties with the super-power Tang, or...

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Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet

2016 · Movie · 110 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Kang Ha-neul · Park Jung-min · Moon Choi · Kim In-Woo

Synopsis Film about the life of the poet Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945). He was arrested by the Japanese government for being involved in the Korean independence movement. Dong-Ju, while studying literature in Japan, was charged and arrested for having participated in the...

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The Book of Fish

2021 · Movie · 126 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Sul Kyoung-gu · Byun Yo-han · Lee Jeong-eun · Jo Woo-jin

Synopsis This is a South Korean historical black and white film about an exiled Joseon era scholar and a fisherman. The story was about their exchange of knowledge in writing a book.

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Radio Star

2006 · Movie · 115 min. · South Korea

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Yonder (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Movie · 198 min. · South Korea

Direction Lee Joon-ik

Cast Shin Ha-kyun · Han Ji-min · Lee Jung-Eun · Jeong Jin-yeong

Synopsis Set in the 2040s in the large city area of South Korea. It depicts the story of a man who lives in agony, unable to forget his wife who died of cancer. Then one day, he receives an unknown email...

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