Hong Sang-soo — Playwright (39)
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Woman Is the Future of Man (2004) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
여자는 남자의 미래다
7.2 (49 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 成贤娥 / 金太祐 …
other title: 女人是男人的未来 / 여자는 남자의 미래다 …
As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search of the young woman each had romanced years earlier.
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Woman on the Beach (2006) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
해변의 여인
7.6 (40 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 高贤贞 / 李己雨 …
other title: 海边的女人 / 해변의 여인 …
Stymied by writer's block while crafting his latest script, director Kim Jung-rae persuades his friend Won Chang-wook to drive him to a beach resort where he promptly becomes involved with Chang-wook's girlfriend. Abandoning her and taking up with another woman, Jung-rae winds up creating enough drama to inspire his writing.
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Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
오! 수정
7.3 (85 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 李恩珠 / 文成根 …
other title: 오! 수정 / La Vierge mise à nu par ses prétendants …
When filmmaker Young-soo introduces writer Soo-jung to his friend Jae-hoon, he unintentionally creates a love triangle. While Jae-hoon pursues Soo-jung, Young-soo clashes with his crew. Yet, just as the story appears to end, it starts all over again, this time with plenty of variations.
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Tale of Cinema (2005) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
극장전
7.6 (96 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 李己雨 / 金相庆 …
other title: 剧场前 / 극장전 …
In Seoul, a suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to join him in his fatal gesture. Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a beautiful young woman, who happens to be the lead actress in the film he has just seen. Their stories will cross paths thanks to their love for cinema.
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Turning Gate (2002) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
생활의 발견
8.1 (82 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 金相庆 / 秋相美 …
other title: 生活的发现 / 생활의 발견 …
Actor Gyung-soo is passed over and decides to leave Seoul and visit a friend. His friend tells him that the Turning Gate legend foreshadows future events. During his visit, Gyung-soo meets Myung-sook, who quickly falls for him. After a night of passion, he boards the train back to Seoul and meets a married woman who claims to know him. Gyung-soo thinks he may love her, but perhaps he's chosen the wrong woman.
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Night and Day (2008) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
밤과 낮
7.9 (80 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 金英浩 / 朴恩惠 …
other title: 夜与日 / 밤과 낮 …
Kim Seong-nam travels to Paris to escape an arrest, leaving his wife behind in Korea. After he arrives, he meets an ex-girlfriend and is introduced to a small community of Korean artists.
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The Day He Arrives (2011) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
북촌방향
7.4 (132 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 刘俊相 / 宋宣美 …
other title: 북촌방향 / The Day He Arrives (Matins calmes à Séoul) …
A film director who no longer makes films arrives in Seoul to meet a close friend. When the friend doesn't show up, he wanders the city aimlessly for three days, grabbing drinks and meeting women, with each day playing out like a version of the last.
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Hotel by the River (2018) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
강변호텔
7.0 (161 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 奇周峯 / 金敏喜 …
other title: 江边旅馆 / 강변호텔 …
An aging poet summons his estranged sons to the hotel he is staying at because he feels his death is near; meanwhile, he encounters two women staying at the hotel.
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Nobody’s Daughter Haewon (2013) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
누구의 딸도 아닌 해원
7.2 (79 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 李善均 / 郑恩彩 …
other title: 不是任何人女儿的海媛 / 누구의 딸도 아닌 해원 …
Hae-won, a college student, wants to end her secret affair with her professor, Seong-jun. Feeling depressed after bidding farewell to her mother who is set to immigrate to Canada the next day, Hae-won seeks out Seong-jun again after a long time. That day, they run into her classmates at a restaurant and their relationship gets revealed. Hae-won gets more agitated and Seong-jun makes an extreme suggestion to run away together.
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Claire's Camera (2017) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
클레어의 카메라
6.0 (146 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 伊莎贝尔·于佩尔 / 金敏喜 …
other title: 克莱尔的相机 / 클레어의 카메라 …
Claire, a school teacher with a camera is on her first visit to Cannes. She happens upon a film sales assistant, Man-hee, recently laid off after a one-night stand with a film director.
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Geu-Hu (2017) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
그 후
7.6 (192 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 赵允熙 / 金玺碧 …
other title: 之后 / 그 후 …
On her first day at work, Areum replaces a woman who broke up with the boss. The wife of the boss finds a love note, bursts into the office, and mistakes Areum for the other woman.
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Grass (2018) [Movie] IMDb Douban WikiData TMDB
풀잎들
6.4 (99 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 金敏喜 / 郑镇荣 …
other title: 풀잎들 / 草の葉 …
Areum sits in a small café, typing on her laptop. Around her, customers enact various dramas from their lives. Is she writing what she hears or is she hearing what's been written?
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On the Beach at Night Alone (2017) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
밤의 해변에서 혼자
7.3 (430 ratings) director: 洪常秀 actor: 金敏喜 / 徐永嬅 …
other title: 独自在夜晚的海边 / 밤의 해변에서 혼자 …
Young-hee, an actress reeling in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director, escapes to Hamburg. But when she returns to Korea and meets with friends for drinks, startling confessions emerge.