Lee Byung-hun's Acting Fee Dwarfs Industry Guideline Lee Byung-hun Controversy is building over news that actor Lee Byung-hun is being paid W100 million per episode for appearing in the KBS drama "Iris" (US$1=W1,158).

A newspaper reported on Wednesday that Lee was guaranteed at least W100 million for each episode of the spy thriller, including a W25 million per episode performance fee and a W1.5 billion advance. The figure is well above the W15 million per episode guideline set by the Corea Drama Production Association (CODA), and the third highest in the industry history.

The record is a whopping W250 million per episode paid to actor Bae Yong-joon for the MBC drama "Taewangsasingi (The Four Guardian Gods of the King)," followed by W100 million per episode promised to Park Shin-yang for four extra episodes of "War of Money."

"In Lee's case the amount includes a combination of things, such as proceeds from sales of domestic and overseas broadcast rights, so it's not clear that his fee exceeds the guideline," said CODA head Shin Hyun-taik.

Lee's co-stars in "Iris," Kim Seung-woo and Jung Jun-ho, are reportedly paid W15 million per episode.
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李炳宪《IRIS》每集片酬高达1亿引争议
朝鲜日报网 (2009.11.12 11:33)

▲《IRIS》剧照据悉，演员李炳宪出演KBS电视剧《IRIS》的每集片酬高达1亿韩元，因此引发了争论。有媒体11日报道称，李炳宪每集出演费为2500万韩元，而且因为他成功吸引日本TBS的事前投资而获得15亿韩元的酬劳，考虑这些，李炳宪的《IRIS》每集片酬就高达1亿韩元。

这一片酬远远超过韩国电视剧制作公司协会作为参考设定的每集片酬上限1500万韩元，在国内电视剧史上排在第三位。在国内，裴勇俊出演《太旺四神记》时每集片酬高达2.5亿韩元，创下历史最高纪录。排在第二位的是朴新阳，他出演电视剧《钱的战争》时，延长拍摄四集，并获得了每集高达1亿多韩元的片酬。

对此，韩国电视剧制作公司协会会长申铉泽表示：“李炳宪1亿韩元的片酬不仅包括出演费，还与海外版权和著作权等有关联，很难看作超过了片酬上限。”据悉，和李炳宪一起出演《IRIS》的金胜友、郑俊浩的每集片酬为1500万韩元。
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李炳憲《IRIS》出場費高達20億韓元
來源：JES | 2009.11.11 15:56

據確認，李炳憲在KBS2電視台的周三周四劇《IRIS》中每集的出場費是1億韓元，相當於有史以來韓國電視劇出場費的第3位。

飾演情報機構NSS的諜報要員金賢俊的李炳憲每集的出場費是2500萬韓元，包括吸引了日本TBS的事前投資的奬金15億韓元，總共獲得了20億韓元。鑒於《IRIS》總共20集，相當於每集的出場費足足有1億韓元。這個數字超過了韓國電視劇製作公司協會製定的指導價——每集出場費的上限1500萬韓元，因此吸引了眼球。

韓國電視劇公司協會會長申鉉澤11日在與本報通電話時表示：“比起純粹的出場費，李炳憲的情況是包括了海外版權、著作權相關等的出場費，應該把這看作是在海外投資中事前吸引了投資的特別事例”，“很難把這個問題看做是超過了出場費上限，反而可以解釋為是培育了降價內容的好的案例”。

裴勇俊也在2007年出演MBC電視台的《太王四神記》時，每集的出場費達到了2億5000萬韓元，但是因為吸引了海外投資，所以沒有引發爭議。相反，朴信陽（音）2007年拍攝SBS電視台《錢的戰爭》時延長了4集的合同，收到的出場費超過了每集1億韓元，受到了韓國電視劇製作公司協會“停止演出”的懲罰。

據稱，《IRIS》的金泰希每集的出場費是2000萬韓元、金勝友和鄭俊鎬簽的合同是1500萬韓元。金泰希每集的出場費超過了1500萬韓元，但是好像卻沒有被其他聲音困擾。因為《IRIS》的製作方泰源娛樂兼做電影製作，所以韓國電視劇公司製作協會無法介入。

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Lee's High Salary (한글번역)



Actor Lee Byung-hun
Actor Lee Byung-hun is being paid 100 million won per episode for his starring role in ``Iris,'' a smash-hit drama now being broadcast on KBS2-TV.

Lee, a hallyu (Korean wave) star who is playing the role of Kim Hyun-jun, an intelligence agent, was guaranteed 25 million won per episode plus a 1.5 billion won guaranty in recognition of his contribution to attracting investment from a Japanese broadcaster to produce the 20-episode drama.

The 100-million-won performance fee was the third highest in the country's drama history. Bae Yong-joon, another hallyu star, topped the list of drama fees with 250 million won per episode for his appearance in the MBC drama ``The Story of the First King's Four Gods'' in 2007. Park Shin-yang came in second.

An association of drama producers has a rule to keep an actor's performance fee per episode below 15 million won. However, the association said it had no problem with Lee's high performance fee because it involves an overseas copyright.

Meanwhile, Kim Tae-hee, who is playing the role of a female agent in ``Iris'' opposite Lee Byung-hun, is being paid 20 million won per episode.