Birthday: October 6th, 1931 Date of Death: April 13th, 1975 Place of Birth: Hawangsimni-dong, Seoul, South Korea
One of the most important Korean filmmakers in the 1960s and 70s, LEE Man-hee established his reputation as a master of genre cinema, at a time the industry had yet to embrace horrors and thrillers, which have since become staples of the local film scene.