Lee Yong-min (1916 – April 26, 1983) is a South Korean

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

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. Lee studied filmmaking in Japan and debuted with a

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''The Topography of Jeju island'' (1946). He made audience friendly commercial films in various genres. In 1960s and 1970s, he made several horror films that represented his best talents including ''

A Devilish Homicide ''A Devilish Homicide'' () is a 1965 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Yong-min. It tells the story of a woman, who, having been murdered by her jealous cousin and mother-in-law, returns as a spirit to take vengeance on her killers. Th ...

'' (1965) and ''A Neckless Beauty'' (1966).

Filmography

As director

*''The Topography of Jeju island'' ( documentary, 1946) *''A Herd boy and a Golden Watch'' (1949) *''The Star of Million'' (1954) *''A Cross in Gunfire'' (1956) *''Holiday in Seoul'' (1956) *''A Wild Chrysanthemum'' (1957) *''If You Overcome the Crisis'' (1959) *''Homecoming'' (1960) *''A Tragedy of Korea'' 1961-03-08 *'' A Flower of Evil'' (1961) *''The Gate to Hell'' (1962) *'' A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng'' (1962) *''A Bridegroom from a Grave'' (1963) *''The Hell Has No Vacancy'' (1964) *''

'' (1965) *''A Neckless Beauty'' (1966) *''The Japanese Emperor and the Martyrs'' (1967) *''Devil and Beauty'' (1969) *''A Dangerous Husband'' (1970) *''Revenge of the Snake Woman'' (1970) *'' The Man with Two Faces'' (1975) *''Black Ghost'' (1976)

As screenwriter

*''The Topography of Jeju island'' (documentary, 1946) *''A Herd boy and a Golden Watch'' (1949) *''The Star of Million'' (1954) *''

'' (1965) *''A Neckless Beauty'' (1966) *'' The Man with Two Faces'' (1975)

As cinematographer

*''The Town of Hope'' (1948) *''The Star of Million'' (1954) *''Don't Misunderstand'' (1957) *''A Wild Chrysanthemum'' (1957) *''The Crystal Pagoda'' (1958) *''The Love Marriage'' (1958) *''King Gojong and martyr An Jung-geun'' (1959) *''1919 Independence Movement'' (1959) *''Qin Shu Huangdi and the Great Wall of China'' (1962) *''A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng'' (1962) *''A Bridegroom from a Grave'' (1963) *''The Conqueror'' (1963) *''The Korean Instrument with 12 strings'' (1964) *''The Tae-baeks'' (1975)

Awards

*1963 1st

Blue Dragon Film Awards The Blue Dragon Film Awards () is an annual awards ceremony that is presented by ''Sports Chosun'' (a sister brand of the ''Chosun Ilbo'') for excellence in film in South Korea. The Blue Dragon Film Awards considers only blockbusters and popula ...

: Best Cinematography (''The Conqueror'')

References

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* * 1916 births 1983 deaths South Korean film directors South Korean screenwriters People from Seoul 20th-century screenwriters {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub