Doo-yong Lee
South Korean film director · South Korea · On the map · Directors · Lived 1942 to 2024 · aged 81
Lee Doo-yong was a South Korean film director. After his debut in 1969 with the film The Lost Wedding Veil (1970), Lee made more than 60 films in a wide array of genres. In the 1970s, he introduced Korean-style action films, including The Korean Connection (1974) and Left Foot of Wrath (1974).
Doo-yong Lee is read about 10 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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A Journey with Korean MastersFilm, Director1995The Great Hunter G. J.Film, Director1994
Love-Pro, Marriage-AmateurFilm, Director, Producer1991Black SnowFilm, Director1990
Road to Cheongsong PrisonFilm, Director, Producer1986
EunuchFilm, Director, Producer1985
ImbecileFilm, Director1982
Secret ExecutionersFilm, Director1981
Haunted VillaFilm, Director1979
49 Days of HellFilm, Director1977ObsessionFilm, Director1975
At the Risk of LifeFilm, Director1974
Bridge of DeathFilm, Director1971A Chinese GhostFilm, Director1942Born24 December 1942People around Doo-yong
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His film Mulleya Mulleya (1984) created great controversy in the Korean media as well as in the West, due to the graphic portrayal of a woman's subjugated life during the Yi Dynasty. Lee Doo-yong died in Seoul from lung cancer on January 19, 2024, at the age of 81.
