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Lee Byung-hoon (born October 14, 1947) is a South Korean television director and producer. Lee is best known for directing period dramas, notably ''500 Years of Joseon'' (1983-1990), ''Hur Jun'' (1999) and ''Dae Jang Geum'' (2003). ==Career== Lee Byung-hoon began working for broadcasting network MBC in 1970, and made his solo directorial debut in 1974. In 1983, he and writer Shin Bong-seung created the landmark eight-year-long series ''500 Years of Joseon'', which shifted the genre of historical/period dramas (called ''sageuk'' in Korean) from monotonous historical chronicles into the interpretation of bonafide records like the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty. His follow-up, Kim Jung-soo-penned contemporary drama ''My Mother's Sea'' (1993) was also popular, with a peak viewership rating of 51.6%. But in 1999 Lee revolutionized the ''sageuk'' genre with ''Hur Jun'', the first Korean period drama to focus on a "commoner" historical figure instead of royalty and powerful nobles. Jun Kwang-ryul played Heo Jun, a court physician who wrote ''Dongui Bogam'', one of the pillars of traditional Korean medicine. ''Hur Jun'' reached record-breaking viewership ratings of 64% (fourth highest rated Korean drama of all time).〔 This was followed by ''Sangdo'' in 2001, an adaptation of Choi In-ho's novel about the legendary merchant Im Sang-ok, and Lee again cast Jun in the leading role. Journalists coined the term "fusion ''sageuk''" for Lee's attempts to revitalize the genre, transforming the previous lack of accessibility and narrative cliches of period dramas with its viewership of older, male armchair historians, into something more appealing to an increasingly younger demographic of viewers. ''Sageuk'' further rose to prominence in 2003 with ''Dae Jang Geum'' (also known as ''Jewel in the Palace''), whose protagonist Jang Geum first trains in Korean royal court cuisine before becoming Joseon's first female court physician. Domestically, ''Dae Jang Geum'' was a big hit, receiving a peak viewership rating of 57.8% (tenth highest rated Korean drama of all time).〔 Produced for , it was later exported to 91 countries and became one of the major proponents of the Korean Wave, earning worldwide, and turning actress Lee Young-ae into a superstar in China and an icon for Korean culture. Lee continued directing hit period dramas in succeeding years. ''Ballad of Seodong'' (2005) is about King Mu of Baekje who falls for Princess Seonhwa of the rival kingdom Silla (played by Jo Hyun-jae and Lee Bo-young). ''Yi San'' (2007) revolved around the love story of King Jeongjo and his concubine Ui-bin Seong (played by Lee Seo-jin and Han Ji-min). ''Dong Yi'' (2010) is about Suk-bin Choe (played by Han Hyo-joo) who rises from being a palace water maid (''musuri'') to the concubine of King Sukjong. ''The King's Doctor'' (2012) marked theater/film actor Jo Seung-woo's first TV series, in the role of a horse veterinarian who becomes a court physician. Lee has worked with writer Choi Wan-kyu on ''Hur Jun'' and ''Sangdo'', writer Kim Yi-young on ''Yi San'', ''Dong Yi'' and ''The King's Doctor'', and writer Kim Young-hyun on ''Dae Jang Geum'' and ''Ballad of Seodong''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Byung-hoon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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