Hong Sang-soo

Hong Sang-soo (born October 25, 1960) is a South Korean writer-director. He has directed 33 films as of 2025. 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.

Cast

Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay

Narrator (Voice)

The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema

Self

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

Self

It Snows on You

Unknown

Crew

The Novelist's Film

Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer, Sound Designer

In Front of Your Face

Director, Producer, Editor, Music, Writer, Director of Photography

Ha Ha Ha

Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Woman Is the Future of Man

Director, Writer

Woman on the Beach

Director, Writer

Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

Writer, Director

On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate

Writer, Director

The Day He Arrives

Director, Writer, Producer

Night and Day

Director, Writer

Tale of Cinema

Director, Producer, Writer

Like You Know It All

Director, Writer

In Another Country

Director, Screenplay, Producer

The Power of Kangwon Province

Director, Writer

Oki's Movie

Screenplay, Director, Producer

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

Director, Screenplay

Nobody's Daughter Haewon

Director, Writer, Producer

A Traveler's Needs

Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography

In Our Day

Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

Small Flower

Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Music, Director

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Writer, Director

Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay

Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Director

Letter to the New York Film Festival

Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director

The Day After

Music, Director, Writer, Producer

Our Sunhi

Writer, Director, Producer

Lost in the Mountains

Director, Writer

Greetings for the New York Film Festival

Writer, Director

Hill of Freedom

Writer, Director, Producer

Introduction

Producer, Original Music Composer, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography

Walk Up

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Producer

Right Now, Wrong Then

Writer, Director

List

Writer, Director, Producer

Yourself and Yours

Writer, Director, Producer

In Water

Music, Editor, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Original Music Composer

On the Beach at Night Alone

Writer, Director, Producer

Claire's Camera

Writer, Director, Producer

Grass

Director, Writer, Producer

By the Stream

Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer

Hotel by the River

Writer, Director, Producer

The Woman Who Ran

Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer

It Snows on You

Director, Cinematography

What Does That Nature Say to You

Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Colorist

The Day She Returns

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Original Music Composer, Sound Designer, Producer

Tree Above Volvo

Director, Writer