Lee Chang-dong's cinema returns to questions of human dignity
Yonhap revisits Lee Chang-dong's career after Possible Love's Venice award. Since Green Fish in 1997, he has often placed ordinary people amid social upheaval.
KBVN+ desk·14 September 2026·1 min readUpdated 14 September 2026
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Peppermint Candy and Oasis continued exploring trauma, history and marginalized lives. Before filmmaking, Lee taught and wrote fiction.
The profile identifies human dignity as a recurring concern, linking his latest work with nearly three decades of cinema.
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