{"id":21464,"date":"2024-01-13T18:49:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T23:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21464"},"modified":"2024-01-13T18:54:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T23:54:36","slug":"director-bong-joon-ho-demands-inquiry-into-lee-sun-kyuns-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21464","title":{"rendered":"Director Bong Joon-ho Demands Inquiry into Lee Sun-kyun&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>@Venice Film Festival\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>South Korean director Bong Joon-ho\u00a0has joined a group of artists calling for a government investigation around the death of actor <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/news\/parasite-actor-lee-sun-kyun-has-died\/\">Lee Sun-kyun<\/a>, who died in an apparent suicide in December.<br \/><br \/>The 48-year-old actor was widely known for his film work, including a leading role in Bong\u2019s <em><strong>Parasite<\/strong><\/em>, which became the first South Korean film to win an Academy Award.<br \/><br \/>It is believed that a drug overdose was responsible for Lee\u2019s suicide, which took place after the actor had been subject to intensive <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/news\/parasite-actor-lee-sun-kyun-removed-from-upcoming-drama-no-way-out-amid-police-probe-over-suspected-drug-use\/\">police<\/a> questioning before his death. It&#8217;s been reported that Lee was tricked into ingesting the drugs as part of an extortion scheme. Two women are being investigated by police authorities for their alleged role in the blackmail plot.<br \/><br \/>On Friday in Seoul, Bong was one of a group of prominent artists who participated in a press conference under the aegis of the Association of Solidarity of Cultural Artists (ASCA). The group has been newly formed to call attention to the growing problem of drug-induced suicides in South Korea, especially in the entertainment industry. Other participants in Friday\u2019s press conference included the actors Choi Deok-moon and Kim Eui-sung, and representatives from the Busan international film festival and the Directors Guild of Korea.<\/p>\r\n<p>As reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/12\/parasite-director-bong-joon-ho-leads-artist-outcry-over-death-of-south-korean-actor\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, ASCA represents an \u201cunprecedented display of unity and criticism [which] is a rarity in South Korea\u2019s entertainment scene, in which celebrities often find themselves at the mercy of unforgiving public scrutiny. Even minor missteps risk destroying careers with little room for recovery or comeback.\u201d<br \/><br \/>At the press conference, Bong called for \u201ca thorough investigation by the authorities to ascertain whether there were any lapses in the police investigative process. He demanded an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Lee\u2019s death, which included leaks to the press that resulted in \u201crelentless primetime media exposure without prospective measures.\u201d <br \/><br \/>In connection with the case, singer-songwriter Yoon Jong-shin complained about lapses of protocol in the investigation process, including breaches of privacy. He alleged that Lee had been exposed to media scrutiny before his interrogation at the police station in Incheon, even though he had requested privacy. Also, in spite of requests from Lee\u2019s family, some media outlets leaked details of what was believed to have been his suicide note.<br \/><br \/>ASCA pleaded with the press and media to delete inflammatory articles and also urged South Korea\u2019s National Assembly to consider laws protecting the \u201chuman rights of artists.\u201d<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@Venice Film Festival\u00a0 South Korean director Bong Joon-ho\u00a0has joined a group of artists calling for a government investigation around the death of actor Lee Sun-kyun, who died in an apparent suicide in December. The 48-year-old actor was widely known for his film work, including a leading role in Bong\u2019s Parasite, which became the first South&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[19909,698,7520,19911,19910,16320,697,19908],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Director Bong Joon-ho Demands Inquiry into Lee Sun-kyun&#039;s Death<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bong Joon-ho, the director of &#039;Parasite&#039; is part of a South Korean group demanding an inquiry into the suicide of actor Lee Sun-kyun.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21464\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Director Bong Joon-ho Demands Inquiry into Lee Sun-kyun&#039;s Death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bong Joon-ho, the director of &#039;Parasite&#039; 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