Lee Man-hee

Date of birth: October 6, 1931
Date of death: April 13, 1975
Place of birth: Hawangsimni-dong, Seoul, South Korea

Biography

One of the most important Korean filmmakers in the 1960s and 70s, LEE Man-hee established his reputation as a master of genre cinema, at a time the industry had yet to embrace horrors and thrillers, which have since become staples of the local film scene.