Lee had grown up largely without a father figure. Though his own father was a participant in the Farmers 'Movement and a "hero of the resistance to Japanese rule," Lee had only a vague impression of the man, who was usually either in hiding or in jail. Instead, two elderly men from different cultural backgrounds stepped in to fill this role.
在他成長歷程中，父親的樣貌是殘缺的，儘管父親是村民口中的「農民運動家」、「抗日英雄」，但他對於從事反抗運動，經常躲藏、入獄的父親只有模糊的印象，反倒是這兩位來自不同文化的老人，適時補足了他的「父相」殘缺。