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Hong Sang-soo
Seoul, South Korea
Hong Sang-soo (born October 25, 1960) is a South Korean writer-director. He has directed 35 films as of 2026. Certain elements are commonly found in Hong's films. A typical Hong…
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Hong Sang-soo (born October 25, 1960) is a South Korean writer-director. He has directed 35 films as of 2026. Certain elements are commonly found in Hong's films. A typical Hong film highlights a theme of domestic realism with many of the scenes set on residential streets, cafes, hotels, schools, and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Characters are seen walking around the city, drinking soju, and having sex. The main characters are often movie directors or actors, and scenes typically consist of a single shot, often beginning and ending with a camera zoom. The budgets for his movies average about $100,000. Hong is often spontaneous when shooting, delivering the day's scene on the morning of the shoot and frequently changing stories while on set. He rarely prepares scripts in advance. Hong's style has been compared to Eric Rohmer's, and it has even been argued that allusions to Rohmer's films appear in some films directed by Hong.
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2026
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes
Movie Director
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2026
The Day She Returns
Movie Director
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2025
Tree Above Volvo
Movie Director
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2025
What Does That Nature Say to You
Movie Director
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2024
It Snows on You
Movie
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2024
By the Stream
Movie Producer
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2024
A Traveler's Needs
Movie Producer
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2023
Greetings for the New York Film Festival
Movie Writer
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2023
In Our Day
Movie Director of Photography
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2023
In Water
Movie Music
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2022
Walk Up
Movie Director
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2022
Small Flower
Movie Writer
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2022
The Novelist's Film
Movie Writer
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2021
In Front of Your Face
Movie Director
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2021
Letter to the New York Film Festival
Movie Director of Photography
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2021
Introduction
Movie Producer
More credits
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2021
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Movie Narrator (Voice)
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2020
The Woman Who Ran
Movie Writer
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2019
Hotel by the River
Movie Writer
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2018
Grass
Movie Director
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2018
Claire's Camera
Movie Writer
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2017
The Day After
Movie Music
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2017
On the Beach at Night Alone
Movie Writer
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2016
Yourself and Yours
Movie Writer
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2015
Right Now, Wrong Then
Movie Writer
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2014
Hill of Freedom
Movie Writer
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2013
Our Sunhi
Movie Writer
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2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie Writer
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2013
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
Movie Director
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2012
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
Movie Self
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2012
In Another Country
Movie Director
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2011
List
Movie Writer
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2011
The Day He Arrives
Movie Director
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2010
Oki's Movie
Movie Screenplay
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2010
Ha Ha Ha
Movie Director
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2009
Lost in the Mountains
Movie Director
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2009
어떤 방문
Movie Director
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2009
Like You Know It All
Movie Director
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2008
Night and Day
Movie Director
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2006
Woman on the Beach
Movie Director
