Hong Hyung-sook — Director (3)

Movie

Candle in the Wave (2017)
광장 TMDB
other title: 광장
Project 1 _ Hong Hyung-sook The children who are enthusiastically painting and cutting a doll. What stories will be told at the Square? - Project 10 _ Kim Jeong-geun The janitorial worker from the Busan Subway Station, Kim Young-ja talks about how she hopes to see a clean world, just like how she cleans everywhere in the subway.

Movie

Reclaiming Our Names (1998)
본명 선언 Douban
other title: 本名宣言 / 본명 선언
Matsuda Shunji, a freshman of Amagasaki High School in Osaka faces a difficult decision regarding the revelation of his Korean name, Lee Jun-Chi. The teenager is aware of the difficulties of living in Japan with a Korean name, and so dreads the day when he is supposed to make this decision. He ultimately meets a loneliness whereby we are left to witness the outcome of his dilemma.

Movie

The Border City 2 (2010)
경계도시2 Douban
other title: 境界都市 2 / 경계도시2 …
韓裔學者宋斗律離國37年後決定返回南韓。七十年代他曾在德國發起示威反對當時南韓獨裁政權,被視為民主異見人士,但他亦曾獲邀參觀北韓,零三年回家於是掀起軒然大波。輿論指他涉嫌加入北韓勞動黨,社會捲起一片間諜疑雲,法院更以國安法將他拘捕。事過境遷,他已洗脫污名重獲自由,南韓人都已淡忘此事。洪亨淑曾在宋斗律回國前拍成《警戒都市》,如今偏要舊事重提,審視南韓民眾心裡的南北警戒線。首爾獨立電影節獲首獎作品。