Hong Sang-soo
Directing
1960-10-25 · 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. 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.
Filmography
TheatersNowhere to Lay My Eyes
2026 · Movie
TheatersTo the Bakery
2026 · Movie
The Day She Returns
2026 · Movie
Tree Above Volvo
2025 · Movie
What Does That Nature Say to You
2025 · Movie
It Snows on You
2024 · Movie
By the Stream
2024 · Movie
A Traveler's Needs
2024 · Movie
Greetings for the New York Film Festival
2023 · Movie
In Our Day
2023 · Movie
In Water
2023 · Movie
Walk Up
2022 · Movie
Small Flower
2022 · Movie
The Novelist's Film
2022 · Movie
In Front of Your Face
2021 · Movie
Letter to the New York Film Festival
2021 · Movie
Introduction
2021 · Movie
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
2021 · Movie
The Woman Who Ran
2020 · Movie
Hotel by the River
2019 · Movie
Grass
2018 · Movie
Claire's Camera
2018 · Movie
The Day After
2017 · Movie
On the Beach at Night Alone
2017 · Movie
Yourself and Yours
2016 · Movie
Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 · Movie
Hill of Freedom
2014 · Movie
Our Sunhi
2013 · Movie
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Movie
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
2013 · Movie
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012 · Movie
In Another Country
2012 · Movie
List
2011 · Movie
The Day He Arrives
2011 · Movie
Oki's Movie
2010 · Movie
Ha Ha Ha
2010 · Movie
Lost in the Mountains
2009 · Movie
디지털 삼인삼색 2009 - 어떤 방문
2009 · Movie
Like You Know It All
2009 · Movie
Night and Day
2008 · Movie
Woman on the Beach
2006 · Movie
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2005 · Movie
Tale of Cinema
2005 · Movie
Woman Is the Future of Man
2004 · Movie
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
2002 · Movie
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
2000 · Movie
The Power of Kangwon Province
1998 · Movie
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
1996 · Movie