Yi Cheong-jun

Yi Cheong-jun

1939-08-09
68 (2008-07-31)
Jangheung, South Jeolla Province, Korea, Empire of Japan

Yi Cheong-jun was a prominent South Korean novelist. Throughout his four decade-long career, Lee wrote more than 100 short stories and 13 novels. He died from lung cancer at the age of 68 on July 31, 2008.

Jangheung, South Jeolla Province, Korea, Empire of Japan

Yi Cheong-jun was a prominent South Korean novelist. Throughout his four decade-long career, Lee wrote more than 100 short stories and 13 novels. He died from lung cancer at the age of 68 on July 31, 2008.

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Secret Sunshine 2007 (7.193)

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.
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Sopyonje 1993 (7.792)

A former pansori performer travels across South Korea in search of the student he studied with.
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Ieoh Island 1977 (6.7)

A company hopes to open a spa hotel named after Ieodo, a mythical island inhabited by the souls of drowned sailors. During a study trip to the proposed location of the hotel, a journalist disappears under mysterious circumstances. One of the contractors goes to Ieodo's neighboring island, populated by widows of the dead sailors, to unravel the mystery.