Lee Doo-yong

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Doo-yong
이두용
Born(1942-12-24)December 24, 1942
Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
DiedJanuary 19, 2024(2024-01-19) (aged 81)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation(s)Film director,
screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
이두용
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Du-yong
McCune–ReischauerI Tu-yong

Lee Doo-yong (Korean: 이두용; December 24, 1942 – January 19, 2024) 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).[1][2][3] 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.[4] Lee Doo-yong died in Seoul from lung cancer on January 19, 2024, at the age of 81.[5]

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  3. ^ "Korean Film Archive to Screen Director Lee Du-yong's Films". Hancinema. 6 January 2006. Archived from the original on 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  4. ^ Dissanayake, Wimal (1994). Colonialism and Nationalism in Asian Cinema. Guildford: Indiana University Press. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0-253-20895-5. Archived from the original on 2024-08-06. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  5. ^ "'피막' '물레야 물레야' 연출한 거장 이두용 감독 별세(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 19 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-19.