John H. Lee is a South Korean director and screenwriter. He has become one of the most sought after directors in all of East Asia and is a member of the rising generation of international directors from the region, having both a distinct voice as an auteur and wide commercial appeal with diverse genres of films. Born in Seoul, Korea, Lee moved to the U.S. at the age of 12. Upon graduating from the film school at New York University, Lee made his feature debut with "The Cut Runs Deep," a poetic independent film about East Asian youth gangs in New York City. After running the festival circuit around the world, "The Cut Runs Deep" was released in Korea in 2000 and instantly became a cult classic. Since his successful debut, Lee has directed numerous international music videos and T.V. commercials in East Asia and Europe, eventually opting to move his residence back to Seoul in search of his spiritual roots. In 2004, Lee directed his second feature film, a love story, entitled, "A Moment to Remember". It was Lee's first Korean-language film; a passionate, psychologically complex, and an emotionally charged story about a man and a woman, two star-crossed lovers, separated by the slow loss of the woman's memory. "A Moment to Remember" instantly became the highest-grossing domestic film in the romance genre in the history of Korean cinema. Subsequently released in Japan the following year, "A Moment to Remember" has become the most successful Korean film ever in Japan, a record that still stands. "A Moment to Remember" is considered by many to be a romance masterpiece, standing above all other romantic films in East Asia. After a long search for projects to expand his horizons, John H. Lee next took on an experimental challenge, his third feature film, titled "Sayonara Itsuka," based on a Japanese novel of the same title. It was wildly innovative in that he made a flawless Japanese-language film with top Japanese actors, utilizing the best Korean f Watch drama online for free.