Lee Man-hee

Birthday: 10/6/1931
Deathday: 4/13/1975
Place of birth: Hawangsimni-dong, Seoul, South Korea
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: 이만희, Lee Man-hui, Man-hee Lee

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.