Hong Sang-soo
DirectingHong 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.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
Right Now, Wrong Then
Writer
Woman Is the Future of Man
Director
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
Director
On the Beach at Night Alone
Writer
Grass
Director
Hill of Freedom
Writer
Like You Know It All
Director
The Novelist's Film
Writer
Tale of Cinema
Director
Hotel by the River
Writer
Ha Ha Ha
Director
The Day He Arrives
Director
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Director
Oki's Movie
Screenplay
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
Writer
The Woman Who Ran
Writer
Our Sunhi
Writer
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Writer
In Another Country
Director
Woman on the Beach
Director
Yourself and Yours
Writer
A Traveler's Needs
Producer
The Day After
Director
Night and Day
Director
In Our Day
Director
By the Stream
Producer
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
Writer
The Power of Kangwon Province
Director
In Front of Your Face
Director
Walk Up
Director
Introduction
Producer
The Day She Returns
Director
In Water
Director
Claire's Camera
Writer
What Does That Nature Say to You
Director
Lost in the Mountains
Director
List
Writer
Greetings for the New York Film Festival
Writer
It Snows on You
Director
Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Producer
Letter to the New York Film Festival
Writer
Small Flower
Writer
Tree Above Volvo
Director