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Harisu (Hangul: 하리수; Chinese: 河莉秀) is the stage name of Lee Kyung-eun (born Lee Kyung-yup, February 17, 1975), a transsexual pop singer, model and actress from South Korea. Despite being born male, she identified as female from early childhood, and underwent sex reassignment surgery in the 1990s. She is noted for being South Korea's first transgender entertainer, and in 2002 became only the second person in Korea to legally change their gender. Her stage name is an adaptation of the English phrase "hot issue".

Harisu first gained public attention in 2001, after appearing in a television commercial for DoDo cosmetics. The commercial was a big success and ended up launching her career, allowing her to branch out into other fields such as music and acting. So far she has recorded five Korean musical albums, switching genres between techno and R&B, and her overseas releases have featured songs recorded in Mandarin. Her first major acting role was in the 2001 film Yellow Hair 2, and...

Created by dipity on Jan 24, 2008

Last updated: 11/17/09 at 02:43 PM

• Yellow Hair 2
  2000

  Yellow Hair 2 (노랑머리 2, Norang Meori 2; aka The Blonde 2 or Running Blue) is a 2001 South Korean film, written, produced, and directed by Kim Yu-min. It is the sequel to Kim's 1999 film Yellow Hair, which caused controversy as one of the first Korean films to contain frontal nudity and sex scenes. Yellow Hair 2 was no less controversial, having a transsexual as the main character (played by real-life transsexual Harisu in her first major film role) as well as suggestions of lesbianism. The story does not follow on from the original film, nor does it feature any of the same characters.Character names are not given during the course of the film, but are taken from the end credits.The first half of the film is told in a non-consecutive narrative format, introducing the three principal characters in turn and taking them up to the events in the convenience store. There are four chapters: "Pornography in Blue", "A Space Man", "Documentary" and "Last Scene".Y breaks up with her boyfriend ...,
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• Ha Ri-su's Birthday
  Feb 16, 1975

  Ha Ri-su was born in Seongnam, South Korea