Hong Sang-soo — Playwright (41)
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In Another Country (2012)
다른나라에서 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.4 69 ratings
洪常秀 actor: 伊莎贝尔·于佩尔 / 刘俊相 …
other title: 다른 나라에서 / Noutro País …
A young woman and her mother run away to the seaside town of Mohang to escape their mounting debt. The young woman begins writing a script for a short film in order to calm her nerves: There are three women named Anne, and each woman consecutively visits the seaside town of Mohang. A young woman tends to the small hotel by the Mohang foreshore owned by her parents. A certain lifeguard can be seen restlessly wandering up and down the beach that lies nearby. Each Anne stays at this small hotel, receives some assistance from the owner’s daughter, and ventures onto the beach where they meet the lifeguard.
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Woman Is the Future of Man (2004)
여자는 남자의 미래다 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.1 50 ratings
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)
해변의 여인 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.6 41 ratings
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)
오! 수정 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.3 88 ratings
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)
극장전 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.6 98 ratings
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)
생활의 발견 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 8.1 84 ratings
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)
밤과 낮 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.9 81 ratings
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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Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)
지금은맞고그때는틀리다
★ 7.3 284 ratings
洪常秀 actor: 郑在咏 / 金敏喜 …
other title: 这时对，那时错 / 지금은맞고그때는틀리다 …
Chun-su arrives in Suwon one day earlier than scheduled. He has a special lecture to give the next day. Chun-su decides to visit a palace and meets Hee-jung there. Hee-jung is a painter and she lets Chun-su see her workroom with her paintings. In the evening, they go out eat and drink together. There, Chun-su reveals something unexpected to Hee-jung.
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The Day He Arrives (2011)
북촌방향 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.5 135 ratings
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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Nobody’s Daughter Haewon (2013)
누구의 딸도 아닌 해원 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.2 82 ratings
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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Geu-Hu (2017)
그 후 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.6 194 ratings
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)
풀잎들 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.4 100 ratings
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)
밤의 해변에서 혼자 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.3 438 ratings
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.