[Hallyu power] ‘Movies are the best medium to tell stories of Korean culture, history and tradition’
FilmJan 26, 2016
It is safe to say that Lee Joon-ik is one of Korea’s foremost film directors of all time. His body of work explains it all with a string of hits such as “Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield,” “King and the Clown” and “The Throne.” Director Lee Joon-ik at a cafe in Buam-dong, Seoul, last Saturday. (Park Hyong-ki/The Korea Herald) Some film critics label Lee a “master filmmaker of period movies,” ...