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This paper studied the drama , which is directed by Yoon-tak Lee, with aim to search Korean style drama. Lee is a representative drama director in Korea who has been continuously worked in the field since 1986, seeking a Korean style of drama. Perceptions, emotions, and images in Korea were the general basis of his works, from his origin works to the western dramas that he accepted. I, the author, selected the drama directed by Lee and performed by in 2006, in order to scrutinize the directing style of Lee. The drama was performed in honor of the 50th anniversary of Bertolt Brecht's death. The reason I chose the work is that the performances shows the highest degree of perfection of all the western dramas that has been accepted by Lee. This work transformed all the theatric signs, from the cultural base that contribute to the dramatic conditions to the specific expressing method. I, the researcher, derived the 4 characteristics of Lee's directing style from the performance of , including transformation of text, audiovisual images, sound and move of Korean style. The characteristics of directing style of Lee, which were showed in the performance of were found to be influenced by acceptance of western drama, modernizing of Korean traditional performance, and the popular theatre. Those three trends are not separated, but they are in complementary relationships each other. And they are embodied in the concrete events in the drama. Moreover, that Lee created Korean epic theatre by grafting Korean traditional performance, while he is not acceptance on the Brecht's theory, is aspecific demonstration that the acceptance of western dramas on the base of Korean style is significantly advanced. Eventually, the characteristics of Lee's directing style have the purpose to make Korean style theatres. Therefore, studying the directing style of Yoon-tak Lee is very meaningful theme, when searching direction by Korean style.