Hong Sang-soo
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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Movies (47)
Nowhere to Lay My Eyes
2026 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound, Music, Director of Photography
To the Bakery
2026 · Director
The Day She Returns
2026 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Sound Designer, Producer
Tree Above Volvo
2025 · Director, Writer
What Does That Nature Say to You
2025 · Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Colorist
It Snows on You
2024 · Director, Cinematography
By the Stream
2024 · Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
A Traveler's Needs
2024 · Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Greetings for the New York Film Festival
2023 · Director, Writer
In Our Day
2023 · Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
In Water
2023 · Music, Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Original Music Composer
Walk Up
2022 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Original Music Composer
Small Flower
2022 · Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Music, Director
The Novelist's Film
2022 · Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Sound Designer
In Front of Your Face
2021 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Music, Writer, Producer
Letter to the New York Film Festival
2021 · Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Director
Introduction
2021 · Original Music Composer, Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
2021 · Narrator (Voice), Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Director
The Woman Who Ran
2020 · Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Producer
Hotel by the River
2019 · Director, Writer, Producer
Grass
2018 · Director, Writer, Producer
Claire's Camera
2018 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Day After
2017 · Music, Director, Writer, Producer
On the Beach at Night Alone
2017 · Director, Writer, Producer
Yourself and Yours
2016 · Director, Writer, Producer
Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 · Writer, Director
Hill of Freedom
2014 · Director, Writer, Producer
Our Sunhi
2013 · Writer, Director, Producer
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Writer, Director
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
2013 · Director, Writer, Producer
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012 · Self
In Another Country
2012 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
List
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Day He Arrives
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
Oki's Movie
2010 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Ha Ha Ha
2010 · Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Lost in the Mountains
2009 · Director, Writer
Like You Know It All
2009 · Director, Writer
Night and Day
2008 · Director, Writer
Woman on the Beach
2006 · Director, Writer
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2005 · Self
Tale of Cinema
2005 · Director, Producer, Writer
Woman Is the Future of Man
2004 · Director, Writer
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
2002 · Writer, Director
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
2000 · Director, Writer
The Power of Kangwon Province
1998 · Director, Writer
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
1996 · Director, Screenplay
TV shows (0)
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