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Documentary Girl

K-pop girl groups made their first appearance in 1997. Over the course of 30 years, the girls who were once referred to as "fairies," "dolls," and "little sisters" have grown and achieved remarkable success on their own terms.

  • Eunkyu Lee
    Director
  • Sunha Kim
    Writer
  • Jeonghun Cho
    Producer
  • Yunjung LEE
    Producer
  • EunBi Lee
    Cinematographers
  • Bada
    Key Cast
    "Lead vocal of S.E.S"
  • Yubin
    Key Cast
    "Singer-songwriter of Wonder girls"
  • Sera Ryu
    Key Cast
    "main vocalist of girl group Nine muses"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature, Television
  • Runtime:
    47 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Korea, Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Korea, Republic of
  • Language:
    Korean
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • KBS Media
    Sales Agent
    Country: Korea, Republic of
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Eunkyu Lee

She was born in Seoul, South Korea, 1987 and majored Communication (B.A.), 2006~2010 at Ewha Womans University and ChungAng University in Film (M.F.A.).

She has worked at production team in KBS since 2014 at the present doing series documentary concerning women identity in Korea.

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Director Statement

Director Lee Eun-gyu recorded four testimonies of women who went through the world's gender prejudice and sexism through Women's Interview X Archive Series.
It is the numerous video materials and clips held by KBS that weigh on the testimony of women in the archive series.

In <Gag Women: the story of Korean comediennes>, female comedians told their stories of changing the times, and in <Documentary Yoon Yeo-jung>, actress Yoon Yeo-jung's aides proved to what extent she was an innovative and creative actress.
In <Documentary National Team>, female sports players were unfairly treated just because they were women, and in <Documentary Newsroom>, female anchors at home and abroad vividly described how the male-dominated broadcasting station is changing.

The 5th film of her archive series, which returned after 2 years, is <Documentary Girl>. In order to finally examine the process of the emergence of a girl group that sings lyrics that say “I love you” rather than “Love me,” the director Lee, who has been doing her part in the middle of K-pop history, has been working hard on girl groups of various generations. The member was summoned to the interview room.