Lee Myung-bak

Acting

Lee Myung-bak

Born December 19, 1941 · Hirano, Osaka, Japan (age 84)

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Known For

Rememberance of MBRememberance of MB · 2012
Rememberance of MB
6.72012
MovieComedyDocumentary
The public yearns for a hero who will solve the economic crisis, and MB bursts onto the scene. However, what made voters excited now makes them disappointed. How the then voters were seen from the MB’s perspective? A political documentary that makes people laugh and cry.
Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening CeremonyBeijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony · 2008
Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
7.92008
MovieDocumentary
The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 8:00 p.m. China Standard Time (UTC+8) on August 8, 2008, as 8 is considered to be a lucky number in Chinese culture. Featuring more than 15,000 performers, the ceremony lasted over four hours and cost over $100 million USD to produce.
PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Peace in MotionPyeongChang 2018 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Peace in Motion · 2018
PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Peace in Motion
10.02018
MovieDocumentary
Two DoorsTwo Doors · 2012
Two Doors
8.02012
MovieDocumentary
The documentary Two Doors traces the Yongsan Tragedy of 2009, which took the lives of five evictees and one police SWAT unit member. Left with no choice but to climb up a steel watchtower in an appeal to the right to live, the evictees were able to come down to the ground a mere 25 hours after they had started to build the watchtower, as cold corpses. And the surviving evictees became lawbreakers. The announcement of the Public Prosecutors’ Office that the cause of the tragedy lay in the illegal and violent demonstration by the evictees, who had climbed up the watchtower with fire bombs, clashed with voices of criticism that an excessive crackdown by government power had turned a crackdown operation into a tragedy.
Korea, A Hundred Years of WarKorea, A Hundred Years of War · 2020
Korea, A Hundred Years of War
5.52020
MovieDocumentary
A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative.
Media Mafia: a Tale of Two NewspapersMedia Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers · 2021
Media Mafia: a Tale of Two Newspapers
5.52021
MovieDocumentary
The 100 years of history of the Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo show that wrong press can be a social weapon.
The Reservoir GameThe Reservoir Game · 2017
The Reservoir Game
7.52017
MovieDocumentary
An investigative reporter seeks to expose the whereabouts of a slush fund belonging to the former president of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak.
The Combat KingsThe Combat Kings · 2022
The Combat Kings
8.02022
MovieDocumentary
The Chun Doo-hwan regime seized power in a coup d'etat, massacred peaceful protesters. People from all walks of life have been fighting the military dictatorship in their own way. And the story of reporter Lee Sang-ho, who has been covering for over 30 years, begins.

Filmography

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Two DoorsTwo Doors · 2012
Two Doors
8.02012
MovieDocumentary
The documentary Two Doors traces the Yongsan Tragedy of 2009, which took the lives of five evictees and one police SWAT unit member. Left with no choice but to climb up a steel watchtower in an appeal to the right to live, the evictees were able to come down to the ground a mere 25 hours after they had started to build the watchtower, as cold corpses. And the surviving evictees became lawbreakers. The announcement of the Public Prosecutors’ Office that the cause of the tragedy lay in the illegal and violent demonstration by the evictees, who had climbed up the watchtower with fire bombs, clashed with voices of criticism that an excessive crackdown by government power had turned a crackdown operation into a tragedy.

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White Elephant in the RiverWhite Elephant in the River · 2025
White Elephant in the River
2025
MovieDocumentary
"Was it the President who ordered the rivers to be six meters deep?" In 2008, under President Lee Myung-bak's administration, South Korea's Four Major Rivers Restoration Project turned the country's beautiful rivers into scenes of devastation. What were once pristine first-grade waters became lifeless rivers, choked with toxic green algae emitting foul odors. Crops irrigated with this contaminated water are now served on the table of Korean people. The government disguised a grand canal project as river restoration, and the media turned a blind eye — together enabling one of the greatest environmental destructions in Korean history. The consequences of this deception will be borne by future generations. To ensure that future generations can once again run freely along the rivers, we must act—now. We must make Korea's rivers flow again.

Self