Leaving November 1

Filmmaker, playwright, and novelist, Lee has been a vital force in South Korean culture since the publication of his first novel, "Chonri," in 1983. After breaking into the film industry as the screenwriter (and assistant director) of Park Kwang-su’s 1993 "To the Starry Island," Lee matriculated to the post of director with 1997’s "Green Fish," and with that film and his five subsequent features, established himself as both a brilliantly understated delineator of character and a quietly outraged chronicler of the afflictions of South Korean society. With the US streaming premieres of new restorations available of three of Lee’s features—"Green Fish," "Peppermint Candy," and "Oasis"—we survey the brilliant career of one of South Korea’s supreme artists… and one of its harshest critics.