Lee Il-seon

Acting

Lee Il-seon

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Known For

VolunteerVolunteer · 1941
Volunteer
★ 5.51941
MovieDrama
A young man is anguished that Koreans cannot volunteer to join to Japanese Imperial Army.
Prince in Yam ClothesPrince in Yam Clothes · 1956
Prince in Yam Clothes
1956
MovieDrama
Prince Kim Chu, last prince of the Silla Kingdom, falls in love with an enemy princess. Because this is not allowed, he must renounce his heredity and retire to Mt. Chiaksan.
The Twilight TrainThe Twilight Train · 1957
The Twilight Train
★ 9.01957
MovieDramaRomance
The rivalry between two families prevents budding love from being realized in the younger generation.
A Sad Story of DanjongA Sad Story of Danjong · 1963
A Sad Story of Danjong
★ 10.01963
MovieHistoryDrama
The MartyrsThe Martyrs · 1965
The Martyrs
★ 7.01965
MovieDrama
Out of fourteen ministers taken away by the communist troop, only two come back alive. The mystery behind their survival is at the issue here. Told through one of the survivor's testimony, depicts images of men troubled between the war and the religion. Although laden with anti-Communist notions from the 60's military regime.
A Petty Middle ManagerA Petty Middle Manager · 1961
A Petty Middle Manager
★ 6.21961
MovieDrama
When his wife sees him helping his boss' lover, a low-level manager finds his marriage in shambles.
Yu Gwan-SunYu Gwan-Sun · 1959
Yu Gwan-Sun
★ 5.51959
MovieDramaHistory
This film is about of the life of the young patriotic martyr Yu Gwan-sun, who fought for the liberation of her country during the Independence Movement in 1919. As the Independence Movement becomes more and more intense among Korean students, the Japanese authorities order schools closed temporarily. Yu Gwan-sun (Do Geum-bong) persuades her neighbors to join the national movement, and continues her aggressive struggle against Japanese rule. An independent campaign at Aunae, a market site, is successful with the passionate participation of many people. She is arrested by the Japanese police for leading the campaign and has to endure horrible tortures. But she never gives up her fight, encouraging her cell mates to participate in the movement. She is finally taken to an underground room by the Japanese police and murdered.
Flame in ValleyFlame in Valley · 1967
Flame in Valley
★ 6.61967
MovieWarDrama
During the Korean War, a widow living in a village in a mountainous region in the South of the Korean Peninsula that has lost most of its men to the war finds a Communist guerilla gone AWOL hiding in a bamboo grove and develops a relationship with him.

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Yu Gwan-SunYu Gwan-Sun · 1959
Yu Gwan-Sun
★ 5.51959
MovieDramaHistory
This film is about of the life of the young patriotic martyr Yu Gwan-sun, who fought for the liberation of her country during the Independence Movement in 1919. As the Independence Movement becomes more and more intense among Korean students, the Japanese authorities order schools closed temporarily. Yu Gwan-sun (Do Geum-bong) persuades her neighbors to join the national movement, and continues her aggressive struggle against Japanese rule. An independent campaign at Aunae, a market site, is successful with the passionate participation of many people. She is arrested by the Japanese police for leading the campaign and has to endure horrible tortures. But she never gives up her fight, encouraging her cell mates to participate in the movement. She is finally taken to an underground room by the Japanese police and murdered.
The Wedding DayThe Wedding Day · 1956
The Wedding Day
★ 6.01956
MovieComedyDrama
Master Maeng is very proud that an influential family will soon be his esteemed in-laws when his loving daughter, Mi-yeon, marries their son. A few days before the wedding Maeng hears a rumor that his future son-in-law has a cripple leg. Regretting that he can't give his lovely daughter to a cripple, he decides to marry his maid to him instead. Unexpectedly the future son-in-law shows up at the wedding hall and he is not a cripple, but a healthy and handsome youth. Feeling embarrassed, there is no way but to wed the maid to him. The Wedding Day is a recreation of A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng, a comical play by Oh Yeong Jin. The first Korean film to win an international film award, the Best Comedy Award at the 1957 edition of the Asian Film Festival (now Asia Pacific Film Festival).