‘Parasite’ director Bong Joo Ho calls for investigation into actor Lee Sun-kyun’s death

Lee Sun-kyun died at age 48. Lee starred as the father of a wealthy family in “Parasite,” which was the first non-English-language movie to win best picture in the Oscars’ 92-year history.

It was also the first South Korean movie to win an Academy Award. Talking to The Post in 2021, Lee said, “It was a total honor for me to be part of such a global hit.

It also still feels surreal to me that [‘Parasite’] was such a big hit … but I don’t want to be stuck in the glory of the past, I want to go on with my life.

So, I think of it as a really nice adventure that I had.”Lee was found dead in a car in Seoul after weeks of a police investigation into his alleged drug use.The car he was found in was reportedly near a charcoal briquette — which can cause carbon monoxide poisoning when burned in an enclosed space.Earlier in the day, he was reported missing, and his manager told police that he had left behind an apparent suicide note.Now, a newly formed organization, roughly translated to the Association of Solidarity Among Cultural Artists, are calling on South Korean officials to continue to investigate Lee’s death. “We have all come together under the firm conviction that no such incident should ever take place again, after facing the tragic death of actor Lee Sun-kyun,” the organization said in a statement, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “We will call for a probe to discover the truth [of Lee’s death], request media outlets to delete articles that do not fulfill their function as journalism, as well as urge authorities to revise the law to protect the human rights of artists.”His death came amid an investigation into his alleged illegal drug use — as South Korea has one of the strictest drug policies in the world.