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{{Short description|South Korean film director (1942–2024)}}
{{family name hatnote|Lee||lang=Korean}}
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| name               = Lee Doo-yong
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| birth_place        = [[Keijō]], [[Keiki-dō]], [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea, Empire of Japan]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2024|1|19|1942|12|24}}
| death_place        = Seoul, South Korea
| occupation         = Film director,<br/>screenwriter
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'''Lee Doo-yong''' ({{lang-ko|이두용}}; December 24, 1942 – January 19, 2024) was a South Korean film director. After his debut in 1969 with the film ''The Lost Wedding Veil'' (1970), Lee made more than 60 films in a wide array of genres. In the 1970s, he introduced Korean-style action films, including ''[[The Korean Connection]]'' (1974) and ''Left Foot of Wrath'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web|title=LEE Doo-yong|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10055192|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-12-24|archive-date=2020-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928092249/http://koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10055192|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LEE Doo Yong: The Pathfinder of Korean Genre Films|url=http://www.biff.kr/artyboard/board.asp?act=bbs&subAct=view&bid=9611_05&page=2&order_index=regdate&order_type=desc&list_style=list&seq=156167|website=[[Busan International Film Festival]]|access-date=2016-10-18|date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018235933/http://www.biff.kr/artyboard/board.asp?act=bbs&subAct=view&bid=9611_05&page=2&order_index=regdate&order_type=desc&list_style=list&seq=156167|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Korean Film Archive to Screen Director Lee Du-yong's Films|url=http://www.hancinema.net/korean-film-archive-to-screen-director-lee-du-yong-s-films-4914.html|website=[[Hancinema]]|access-date=2015-12-26|date=6 January 2006|archive-date=2017-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719192449/http://www.hancinema.net/korean-film-archive-to-screen-director-lee-du-yong-s-films-4914.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His film ''[[Mulleya Mulleya]]'' (1984) created great controversy in the Korean media as well as in the West, due to the graphic portrayal of a woman's subjugated life during the Yi Dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KZnCs8auuMYC&pg=PA95|last=Dissanayake|first=Wimal|title=Colonialism and Nationalism in Asian Cinema|pages=95–96|year=1994|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Guildford|isbn=0-253-20895-5|access-date=2015-12-26|archive-date=2024-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806154632/https://books.google.com/books?id=KZnCs8auuMYC&pg=PA95#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Lee Doo-yong died in Seoul from lung cancer on January 19, 2024, at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=19 January 2024 |title='피막' '물레야 물레야' 연출한 거장 이두용 감독 별세(종합) |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20240119097551005 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |language=ko |archive-date=2024-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122193620/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20240119097551005 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== As director ===
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*''The Lost Wedding Veil'' (1970)
*''Is Your Husband Like This Too?'' (1971)
*''A Sudden Calamity'' (1971)
*''My Older Brother (sequel)'' (1971)
*''A Guilty Woman'' (1971)
*''A Chinese Ghost'' (1971)
*''Some Married Couple'' (1971)
*''Don't Go'' (1972)
*''Where Should I Go?'' (1972)
*''Ever smiling Mr. Park'' (1972) 
*''I Will Give It All'' (1972)
*''A Warrant for an Arrest'' (1973) 
*''[[The General in Red Robes]]'' (1973) 
*''Manchurian Tiger'' (1974) 
*''Bridge of Death'' (1974) 
*''A Little Bird'' (1974)
*''[[The Korean Connection]]'' (1974)
*''Returned Single-Legged Man 2'' (1974)
*''Left Foot of Wrath'' (1974) 
*''A Betrayer'' (1974)
*''Disarmament'' (1975)
*''At The Risk of Life'' (1975)
*''Byeong-Tae's Impressive Days'' (1975) 
*''Black Night'' (1975)
*''[[Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave]]'' <!--Visitor of America--> (1976)
*''Secret Agents 2'' (1977)
*''44th Street, New York'' (1977)
*''The Early Years'' (1977) 
*''Confession of Life or Death'' (1978)
*''The Last Heist'' (1979)
*''Rely on Your Brother'' (1979)
*''Muldori Village'' (1979)
*''49 Days in Hell'' (1979)
*''[[Police Story (1979 film)|Police Story]]'' (1979)
*''Three Women Under the Umbrella'' (1980)
*''[[The Last Witness (1980 film)|The Last Witness]]'' (1980)
*''Two Heroes'' (1980) 
*''The Haunted Villa'' (1981)
*''The Hut'' (1981)
*''The Trouble-solving Broker'' (1982)
*''The Swamp of Desire'' (1982)
*''Strange Relationship'' (1983)
*''[[Mulleya Mulleya]]'' <!--aka Spinning the Tales of Cruelty Towards Women--> (1984)  
*''Day and Night'' (1984)
*''The Oldest Son'' (1985)
*''The Fool'' (1985)
*''[[Mulberry (film)|Mulberry]]'' (1986)
*''The Fool 2'' (1986)
*''[[Eunuch (1986 film)|Eunuch]]'' (1986)
*''Highway'' (1987)
*''Karma'' (1988)  
*''Mulberry 2'' (1989)
*''Silent Assassins'' (1989)
*''Road to Cheongsong Prison'' (1990)
*''Black Snow'' (1991)
*''Mulberry 3'' (1992) 
*''Pro at Love, Amateur at Marriage'' (1994)
*''The Great Hunter G. J.'' (1995)
*''L'Amour'' (1999)
*''Arirang'' (2003)
*''A Journey with Korean Masters'' (2013)<ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Hyun-min|title=PARK Pulled Off Many Extraordinary Feats for Korean Film World|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2320|work=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-12-24|date=18 March 2013|archive-date=2018-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220830/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2320|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== As screenwriter ===
*''The Lost Wedding Veil'' (1970)
*''[[The General in Red Robes]]'' (1973) 
*''Manchurian Tiger'' (1974) 
*''Rely on Your Brother'' (1979)
*''The Oldest Son'' (1985)
*''The Fool 2'' (1986)
*''Karma'' (1988) 
*''Black Snow'' (1991)
*''The Great Hunter G. J.'' (1995)
*''L'Amour'' (1999)
*''Arirang'' (2003)
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== Awards ==
*1983 22nd [[Grand Bell Awards]]: Best Director (''[[Mulleya Mulleya]]'')
*1990 10th [[Korean Association of Film Critics Awards]]: Best Director (''Road to Cheongsong Prison'')

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{KMDb person|00005376|Lee Doo-yong}}
* {{IMDb name|0497183|Lee Doo-yong}}
* {{HanCinema person}}

{{Grand Bell Awards for Best Director}}
{{Paeksang Arts Award Best Director Film}}

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[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:South Korean film directors]]
[[Category:South Korean screenwriters]]
[[Category:South Korean film producers]]
[[Category:Best Director Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners]]
[[Category:Deaths from lung cancer in South Korea]]
[[Category:People from Seoul]]


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