<Dr. Bong>(1995), which cast [HAN Seok-kyu] and [KIM Hye-soo] for lead roles, was the biggest hit of the year. Despite being a romantic comedy, a dying genre in Korea back then, the movie pulled off the feat with a well-structured plot and beautiful imagery produced by its staff members, some of who studied abroad. LEE also studied abroad, having a degree in MFA from Ohio State University in U.S.A. [HAN Seok-kyu], who has become a marquee name in the Korean cinema lands...More

<Dr. Bong>(1995), which cast [HAN Seok-kyu] and [KIM Hye-soo] for lead roles, was the biggest hit of the year. Despite being a romantic comedy, a dying genre in Korea back then, the movie pulled off the feat with a well-structured plot and beautiful imagery produced by its staff members, some of who studied abroad. LEE also studied abroad, having a degree in MFA from Ohio State University in U.S.A. [HAN Seok-kyu], who has become a marquee name in the Korean cinema landscape, made his big screen debut through <Dr. Bong>. LEE’s subsequent works, <Repechage>(1997) and <Ghost in Love>(1999), also starred some heartthrobs of the young generations of their times, but did not exceed the success of his first film.Less