Korean master Hong Sangsoo’s films have always been popular amongst international cinema fans, but oddly UK distribution hasn’t followed. We present a selection of Hong’s wry and witty unravellings of tangled sexual relationships.
Curated by the Independent Cinema Office in partnership with the Korean Cultural Centre.
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Woman on the Beach
Kim takes his buddy Changwook and Changwook’s potential girlfriend Moonsook to Shinduri Beach, for a working break. But Kim's manipulative and emotionally immature habits soon…
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The Power of Kangwon Province
Kangwon is Korea’s East-coast resort province, and this brilliant piece of modernist storytelling presents two seemingly distinct stories about residents of Seoul taking short breaks…
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Night & Day
Paranoid that the Korean cops are about to arrest him for smoking dope, painter Sungnam flees to Paris.
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Woman is the Future of Man
This wry, sharp comedy follows two old college friends whose decision to look up a girl they both once dated has consequences which threaten both…
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The Turning Gate
Out-of-work actor Kyungsoo accepts an invitation to scenic Chuncheon, only to find that he’s expected to help his old friend to seduce a dance teacher…