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What Does That Nature Say to You
2025
7.5
Hong Sang-soo
Acting
Birth Date
October 25, 1960
Place of Birth
Seoul, South Korea
Biography
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.
Complete Filmography
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By the Stream
2024
7.1
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A Traveler's Needs
2024
6.2
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In Our Day
2023
6.9
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In Water
2023
6.5
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Walk Up
2022
6.4
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The Novelist's Film
2022
6.6
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In Front of Your Face
2021
6.7
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Introduction
2021
6.3
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Hong Sangsoo – Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
2021
6.5
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The Woman Who Ran
2020
6.6
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Hotel by the River
2019
6.4
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Grass
2018
6.6
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The Day After
2017
6.5
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On the Beach at Night Alone
2017
6.6
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Right Now, Wrong Then
2015
7.0
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Hill of Freedom
2014
6.6
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Our Sunhi
2013
6.5
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Nobody's Daughter Haewon
2013
6.5
As Actor
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
2012
8.0