Lee Tae-heon Movies
- 2007
A woman studying folk tales of a vengeful ghost begins to suspect she and the spirit have something in common in this thriller. Yun-hee (Jo An) is a Korean writer who has been wrestling with a serious case of writer's block when she hears from a longtime friend, Seo-yeon (Cha Ye-ryeon). Seo-yeon has been living in Vietnam for several years and has become fascinated with a local legend concerning the death of a beautiful woman named Muoi. Yun-hee travels to Vietnam to help Seo-yeon with her research, and learns that over a century ago Muoi (Ahn Thu) was a beautiful woman who posed for an esteemed artist eager to paint her portrait. Muoi and the painter became lovers, which led to her violent death. Many years later, a handful of monks protect the painting of Muoi and warn people about her ghost, which is said to haunt the village of Dalat. The longer Yun-hee works with Seo-yeon in tracking down the secret of Muoi, the more she feels a strange kinship with the dead woman, and she begins to suspect Seo-yeon had a sinister purpose in bringing her to Dalat. Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait was the first official co-production between South Korean and Vietnamese filmmakers, though censors in Vietnam have prevented to release of the film in that country, wary of the story's supernatural elements. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jo An, Cha Ye-ryeon, (more)
A woman looks for both revenge and redemption after spending 13 years in prison in this offbeat thriller from South Korea. Lee Geum-ja (Lee Yeong-ae) was in her early twenties when she was found guilty of kidnapping and killing a young boy, and though she confessed to the crime under duress, while behind bars she dreamed of one day being able to clear her name -- and even the score with the people who railroaded her, including the police officer who brought her in (Nam Il-woo) and Mr. Baek (Choi Min-Sik), a teacher who wronged her in a number of ways. Lee Geun-ja teams up with a number of friends she made during her time in lock-up, including Woo So-yeong (Kim Bu-seon), a thief with a gunsmith for a husband; Oh Su-heui (Ra Mi-ran), who was saved from assault at the hands fellow inmates by Lee; and Preacher Jeon (Kim Byeong-ok), an eccentric man of the cloth who was struck by her gentle nature in jail. As Preacher Jeon helps Lee seek salvation for all she had to do while in prison, her other friends stand by her side as she gets even with her rivals and searches for the daughter she was forced to leave behind when she was convicted. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (aka Chinjeolhan Geum-ja-ssi) was the third film in a series, preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and Old Boy. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lee Yeong-ae, Kim Shi-hu, (more)
