Lee Sang-woo
Also Known As: 이상우
Biography: Lee Sang-woo (이상우) is a South Korean film director.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Adult: No
Birthday: February 24, 1971
Age: 54 years old
Gender: Male
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Mother Is a Whore
Overview: Sang-Woo is a HIV positive 38-year-old man who lives in a small shed with his mother. His mother at the age of 60 began working as a prostitute to support herself and her son out of their small shed. Meanwhile, Sang-Woo works as her pimp - collecting payment and arranging appointments with his cellphone. Their clients include a paraplegic man and soldiers on holiday. Living through their difficult situation, Sang-Woo still carries a strong bond with his mother. Sang-Woo also harbors intense anger within. His father abandoned them and then remarried into a seemingly normal family. But actually, his father married a woman who is a religious fanatic and their son always locks himself away in his room. Sang- Woo often meets their daughter (his step-sister) for drinks outside of a Buddhist temple. Can Sang-Woo ever find a way out for himself and his mother?
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2011-03-31
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I Am Trash
Overview: Three grown sons have struggled to achieve some sort of normal routine after their father was sent off to prison for sexual assault on an underaged girl. Their lives are thrown into radical disarray when dad finishes his time and returns to the family home. The fact that the victim’s father is awaiting the return outside their door with a knife is certainly not any help to their situation... but it’s not like things are going so well otherwise, with the three sons, a virtual compendium of sexual dysfunctions in their own right.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-05-12
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Homophobia
Overview: Young-taek is a high school student. One day, a boy visits his house. It turns out that this boy is his father's lover. He can't believe that his father is gay but eventually accepts the fact. After he graduates from high school and attends university, he meets a senior classmate who becomes being in love with him. The senior classmate harasses him in the name of love. After he goes to serve in the army, he is sexually harassed by his sergeant who has a girlfriend. Young-taek has been homophobic, but after meeting different people, he reconsiders life and love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2017-10-27
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One Summer Night
Overview: Caught in forbidden love, Yong Joon defects from North Korea, leaving Jae Sung behind. Years later, a reunion forces him to choose between past and present.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-10-21
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All About My Father
Overview: An omnibus queer movie about three fathers with families. Part 1: ‘My Father’s Desire’ is about a father who feels desire because of his son. Part 2: ‘My Father’s Truth’ is about father and son, who are drawn to one man. Part 3, ‘My Father’s Secret’ talks about a father who finds a gay magazine in his kindergartener son’s bag.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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Fire in Hell
Overview: Ji-wol, a Buddist monk, is excommunicated because of an inappropriate affair with a female believer. He rapes and kills another woman and leaves with her ashes for the Philippines where her family lives. However, there he falls in love with her twin sister. A shocking interpretation of karma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-06-27
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