Hong Sang-soo
Directing
Born October 25, 1960 in 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 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.
Filmography
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Nowhere to Lay My Eyes
The Day She Returns
Tree Above Volvo
What Does That Nature Say to You
By the Stream
A Traveler's Needs
In Our Day
In Water
Walk Up
Small Flower
The Novelist's Film
In Front of Your Face
Letter to the New York Film Festival
Introduction
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Narrator (Voice)
The Woman Who Ran
Hotel by the River
Grass
Claire's Camera
The Day After
On the Beach at Night Alone
Yourself and Yours
Right Now, Wrong Then
Hill of Freedom
Our Sunhi
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
Self
In Another Country
List
The Day He Arrives
Oki's Movie
Ha Ha Ha
Lost in the Mountains
Like You Know It All
Night and Day
Woman on the Beach
Tale of Cinema
Woman Is the Future of Man
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
The Power of Kangwon Province
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well