LEE Bongwoo
CEO of Sumomo Inc. / COO of Mancy¡¯s Entertainment Inc.
Studying in Paris during the 1980s, Lee bongwoo returned to Korea and founded the film company Cinequanon in 1989. Since then, he has produced and distributed over 250 films domestically and internationally. His distribution of Korean films such as Sopyonje (Im Kwontaek, 1993), Swiri (Kang Jekyu, 1999), Joint Security Area (Park Chanwook, 2000), Untold Scandal (Lee Jaeyong, 2003), Memories of Murder (2003, Bong Joonho), and Oasis (Lee Chang-dong, 2002) sparked the Korean Wave in Japan, earning him a Special Contribution Award at the Busan International Film Festival in 2003. He also produced and distributed Japanese films such as Where Is the Moon? (Choi Yang-il, 2004), Nobody Knows (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2005), We Shall Overcome Someday! (Kazuyuki Izutsu, 2006), and Hula Girls (Lee Sang-il, 2007). In June 2023, he garnered significant attention by adapting the Korean film Parasite (Bong Joonho, 2019) into a theatrical play in Japan.