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Hong Sang-soo

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Hong Sang-soo

Hong Sang-soo (Korean: 홍상수; born 25 October 1960) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. An acclaimed and prolific filmmaker, Hong is known for his slow-paced films about love affairs and everyday dilemmas in contemporary South Korea.

Infobox

Born
(1960-10-25) 25 October 1960 (age 65)Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater
California College of the Arts
Occupations
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Years active
1996–present
Spouse
mw- Unnamed (m. 1985; sep. 2015)
Partner
Kim Min-hee (2015–present)
Children
2
Hangul
홍상수
Hanja
洪常秀
RR
Hong Sangsu
MR
Hong Sangsu
IPA
[ɸʷo̞ŋ sʰa̠ŋ.sʰu]

Tables

· Filmography › Feature films
Director
Director
Year
Director
English Title
Writer
Original Title
Producer
Credited as
Composer
Credited as
Editor
Credited as
Cinematographer
1996
1996
Year
1996
English Title
The Day a Pig Fell into the Well
Original Title
돼지가 우물에 빠진 날
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
Premiere at the 1997 Berlin International Film Festival
1998
1998
Year
1998
English Title
The Power of Kangwon Province
Original Title
강원도의 힘
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
International premiere at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival
2000
2000
Year
2000
English Title
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
Original Title
오! 수정
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
International premiere at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival
2002
2002
Year
2002
English Title
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
Original Title
생활의 발견
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
International premiere at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival
2004
2004
Year
2004
English Title
Woman Is the Future of Man
Original Title
여자는 남자의 미래다
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
2005
2005
Year
2005
English Title
Tale of Cinema
Original Title
극장전
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
2006
2006
Year
2006
English Title
Woman on the Beach
Original Title
해변의 여인
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
International premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
2008
2008
Year
2008
English Title
Night and Day
Original Title
밤과 낮
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival
2009
2009
Year
2009
English Title
Like You Know It All
Original Title
잘 알지도 못하면서
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
International premiere at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
2010
2010
Year
2010
English Title
Hahaha
Original Title
하하하
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
Oki's Movie
Oki's Movie
Year
Oki's Movie
English Title
옥희의 영화
Original Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
World premiere at the 2010 Venice International Film Festival
2011
2011
Year
2011
English Title
The Day He Arrives
Original Title
북촌 방향
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
2012
2012
Year
2012
English Title
In Another Country
Original Title
다른 나라에서
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
2013
2013
Year
2013
English Title
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
Original Title
누구의 딸도 아닌 해원
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival
Our Sunhi
Our Sunhi
Year
Our Sunhi
English Title
우리 선희
Original Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
World premiere at the 2013 Locarno Film Festival
2014
2014
Year
2014
English Title
Hill of Freedom
Original Title
자유의 언덕
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2014 Venice International Film Festival
2015
2015
Year
2015
English Title
Right Now, Wrong Then
Original Title
지금은 맞고 그때는 틀리다
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival
2016
2016
Year
2016
English Title
Yourself and Yours
Original Title
당신자신과 당신의]
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival
2017
2017
Year
2017
English Title
On the Beach at Night Alone
Original Title
밤의 해변에서 혼자
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival
Claire's Camera
Claire's Camera
Year
Claire's Camera
English Title
La caméra de Claire
Original Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
World premiere at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
The Day After
The Day After
Year
The Day After
English Title
그 후
Original Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
World premiere at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
2018
2018
Year
2018
English Title
Grass
Original Title
풀잎들
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival
Hotel by the River
Hotel by the River
Year
Hotel by the River
English Title
강변 호텔
Original Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
World premiere at the 2018 Locarno Film Festival
2020
2020
Year
2020
English Title
The Woman Who Ran
Original Title
도망친 여자
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Notes
World premiere at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival
2021
2021
Year
2021
English Title
Introduction
Original Title
인트로덕션
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Notes
World premiere at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival
In Front of Your Face
In Front of Your Face
Year
In Front of Your Face
English Title
당신 얼굴 앞에서
Original Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
World premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival
2022
2022
Year
2022
English Title
The Novelist's Film
Original Title
소설가의 영화
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Notes
World premiere at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival
Walk Up
Walk Up
Year
Walk Up
English Title
탑
Original Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
World premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival
2023
2023
Year
2023
English Title
In Water
Original Title
물안에서
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Notes
World premiere at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival
In Our Day
In Our Day
Year
In Our Day
English Title
우리의 하루
Original Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
World premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival
2024
2024
Year
2024
English Title
A Traveler's Needs
Original Title
여행자의 필요
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Notes
World premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival
By the Stream
By the Stream
Year
By the Stream
English Title
수유천
Original Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
World premiere at the 77th Locarno Film Festival
2025
2025
Year
2025
English Title
What Does That Nature Say to You
Original Title
그 자연이 네게 뭐라고 하니
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Notes
World premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival
TBA
TBA
Year
TBA
English Title
At The Middle of Life
Original Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
—
Credited as
—
Credited as
—
Credited as
—
Credited as
Post-production
Year
English Title
Original Title
Credited as
Notes
Director
Writer
Producer
Composer
Editor
Cinematographer
1996
The Day a Pig Fell into the Well
돼지가 우물에 빠진 날
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Premiere at the 1997 Berlin International Film Festival
1998
The Power of Kangwon Province
강원도의 힘
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
International premiere at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival
2000
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
오! 수정
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
International premiere at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival
2002
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
생활의 발견
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
International premiere at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival
2004
Woman Is the Future of Man
여자는 남자의 미래다
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
2005
Tale of Cinema
극장전
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
2006
Woman on the Beach
해변의 여인
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
International premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
2008
Night and Day
밤과 낮
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival
2009
Like You Know It All
잘 알지도 못하면서
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
International premiere at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
2010
Hahaha
하하하
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
Oki's Movie
옥희의 영화
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2010 Venice International Film Festival
2011
The Day He Arrives
북촌 방향
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
2012
In Another Country
다른 나라에서
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
2013
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
누구의 딸도 아닌 해원
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival
Our Sunhi
우리 선희
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2013 Locarno Film Festival
2014
Hill of Freedom
자유의 언덕
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2014 Venice International Film Festival
2015
Right Now, Wrong Then
지금은 맞고 그때는 틀리다
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival
2016
Yourself and Yours
당신자신과 당신의]
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival
2017
On the Beach at Night Alone
밤의 해변에서 혼자
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival
Claire's Camera
La caméra de Claire
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
The Day After
그 후
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
World premiere at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
2018
Grass
풀잎들
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival
Hotel by the River
강변 호텔
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
World premiere at the 2018 Locarno Film Festival
2020
The Woman Who Ran
도망친 여자
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
World premiere at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival
2021
Introduction
인트로덕션
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
World premiere at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival
In Front of Your Face
당신 얼굴 앞에서
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
World premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival
2022
The Novelist's Film
소설가의 영화
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
World premiere at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival
Walk Up
탑
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
World premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival
2023
In Water
물안에서
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
World premiere at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival
In Our Day
우리의 하루
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
World premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival
2024
A Traveler's Needs
여행자의 필요
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
World premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival
By the Stream
수유천
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
World premiere at the 77th Locarno Film Festival
2025
What Does That Nature Say to You
그 자연이 네게 뭐라고 하니
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
World premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival
TBA
At The Middle of Life
Yes
Yes
—
—
—
—
Post-production
· Filmography › Short films
Director
Director
Year
Director
English Title
Writer
Credited as
Producer
Credited as
Cinematographer
Credited as
Editor
2009
2009
Year
2009
English Title
Lost in the Mountains (Jeonju Digital Project: Visitors)
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
2011
2011
Year
2011
English Title
List
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
2013
2013
Year
2013
English Title
50:50 (Venice 70: Future Reloaded)
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
Credited as
No
2021
2021
Year
2021
English Title
Hong Sangsoo — Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Letter to the New York Film Festival
Letter to the New York Film Festival
Year
Letter to the New York Film Festival
English Title
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
2022
2022
Year
2022
English Title
Small Flower
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
2023
2023
Year
2023
English Title
Another Letter to New York Film Festival
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Credited as
Yes
Year
English Title
Credited as
Director
Writer
Producer
Cinematographer
Editor
2009
Lost in the Mountains (Jeonju Digital Project: Visitors)
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
2011
List
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
2013
50:50 (Venice 70: Future Reloaded)
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
2021
Hong Sangsoo — Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Letter to the New York Film Festival
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
2022
Small Flower
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
2023
Another Letter to New York Film Festival
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
· Awards › State Honors
South Korea
South Korea
Name of the Country
South Korea
Year Awarded
2011
Name of the Honor
Presidential Commendation
Name of the Country
Year Awarded
Name of the Honor
Ref.
South Korea
2011
Presidential Commendation

References

  1. Honors are given at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, arranged by the Korea Creative Content Agency and hosted
  2. The Chosun Ilbo
    https://www.chosun.com/english/kpop-culture-en/2016/11/18/I7ADFXE42CET7JMN35XXKDX2YA/
  3. HanCinema
    https://www.hancinema.net/director-hong-sang-soo-fails-to-settle-divorce-going-to-court-101681.html
  4. Yonhap News Agency
    https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0004400689
  5. Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine
    https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0312-2654
  6. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200322154213/https://www.saic.edu/news/alums-film-wins-top-prize-jerusalem-film-festival
  7. The New York Review of Books
    http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/12/07/discreet-charm-hong-sang-soo
  8. ""Hill of Freedom""
    https://sffilm.org/event/hill-of-freedom-3/
  9. 연합뉴스
    https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200301003700005
  10. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/arts/hong-sang-soo-films-at-cannes.html
  11. Variety
    https://variety.com/2020/film/news/berlin-film-festival-2020-award-winners-1203519894/
  12. IndieWire
    https://www.indiewire.com/awards/industry/berlin-film-festival-2021-winners-1234621518/
  13. IndieWire
    https://www.indiewire.com/2022/02/berlin-film-festival-2022-winners-list-1234699869/
  14. Screen Daily
    https://www.screendaily.com/news/hong-sangsoos-berlin-silver-bear-winner-a-travelers-needs-lands-europe-asia-sales/5193129.article
  15. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-invites-928-membership
  16. Festival de Cannes
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  17. Quarterly Conversation
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131021104229/http://quarterlyconversation.com/the-films-of-sangsoo-hong
  18. Marco Grosoli, "Moral Tales from Korea: Hong Sang-Soo and Eric Rohmer", Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media St
  19. 모바일 네이트 뉴스
    https://www.news.nate.com/view/20160621n06870
  20. The Nation
    https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/hong-sang-soo-kim-min-hee-hotel-by-the-river-grass-movies-new/
  21. The Chosun Daily
    https://www.chosun.com/english/kpop-culture-en/2019/06/17/KKQ2HMAANZZLO6KNZCEC3O2KC4.html
  22. The Korea Times
    https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2019/06/398_270634.html
  23. NDTV.com
    https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/hong-sang-soo-over-affair-with-kim-min-hee-cannot-divorce-wife-south-korea-court-2053312
  24. South China Morning Post
    https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-drama/k-movies/article/3295182/korean-actress-kim-min-hee-42-expecting-first-child-director-hong-sang-soo-father?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article
  25. www.koreatimes.co.kr
    https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/films/20250117/actor-kim-min-hee-six-months-pregnant-hong-sang-soo-to-become-father-at-64
  26. koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20250408125527/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-04-08/entertainment/television/Actor-Kim-Minhee-gives-birth-to-son-with-filmmaker-Hong-Sangsoo/2280602
  27. Variety
    https://variety.com/2023/film/news/hong-sang-soo-cannes-in-our-day-finecut-1235586591/
  28. "A Traveler's Needs"
    https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202408802.html/
  29. "Hong Sang-soo's 'By the Stream' Picked Up by Korea's Finecut Ahead of Locarno Premiere"
    https://variety.com/2024/film/news/hong-sang-soo-locarno-by-the-stream-1236064547/
  30. "제23회 부산영화평론가협회상 대상에 '당신얼굴 앞에서"
    https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=001&aid=0013609222
  31. Yonhap News
    https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20231124037500051
  32. Variety
    https://variety.com/2020/film/news/berlin-film-festival-2020-award-winners-1203519894/
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    https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2021/03/398_305084.html
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  37. "Finecut picks up Hong Sangsoo's Berlin Competition drama 'A Traveler's Needs'"
    https://www.screendaily.com/news/finecut-picks-up-hong-sangsoos-berlin-competition-drama-a-travelers-needs/5189705.article
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    https://entertainment.mb.com.ph/2018/10/18/bts-red-velvet-win-at-korean-popular-culture-and-arts-awards/
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    http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3054691
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    http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201610251602356576025_2
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    https://www.kocca.kr/cop/bbs/list/awardwinner/2011/.do?menuNo=201001
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