Lee Eun-ju

イ・ウンジュ　/　い・うんじゅ

American actor

November 16, 1980 – February 22, 2005　・　Gunsan, North Jeolla, South Korea

North Jeolla
actor
film actor
singer

My Take

Lee Eun-ju had this rare quality where you couldn't take your eyes off her even in a crowded frame — and her filmography in just a few short years backs that up completely. Bungee Jumping of Their Own showed she could hold the emotional weight of a genuinely strange, beautiful love story without flinching, and then she turned around and matched Jung Woo-sung beat for beat in Tae Guk Gi, one of the most viscerally intense Korean war films ever made. She was 24 when she died in February 2005, which means we're essentially talking about the work of a teenager and a very young adult — and it already had that much depth and range. It's one of those careers that makes you feel the loss more sharply the older you get, because you can see exactly what kind of actress she was becoming.

Overview

Lee Eun-ju (December 22, 1980 – February 22, 2005) was a South Korean actress. She was best known for the films Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000), Bungee Jumping of Their Own (2001), Lovers' Concerto (2002), and Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004). She died by suicide at age 24.

1. Profile

Name (English): Lee Eun-ju
Name (Japanese): イ・ウンジュ
Reading: い・うんじゅ
Born: November 16, 1980 – February 22, 2005
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Monkey
Origin: Gunsan, North Jeolla, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / film actor / singer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Dankook University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5