Soju in the Cinema: The Oeuvre of Hong Sangsoo, Ranked!

By: Sean John

In my honest opinion, the greatest living director in the world today. Hopefully more people will start referring to his films when they think of contemporary Korean cinema.

When is he ever going to make a bad film?

01

On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate

Hong Sang-soo
02

Woman on the Beach

Hong Sang-soo
03

Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

Hong Sang-soo
04

Night and Day

Hong Sang-soo
05

Oki's Movie

Hong Sang-soo
06

Tale of Cinema

Hong Sang-soo
07

Woman Is the Future of Man

Hong Sang-soo
08

Lost in the Mountains

Hong Sang-soo
09

HaHaHa

Hong Sang-soo
10

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

Hong Sang-soo
11

The Power of Kangwon Province

Hong Sang-soo
12

Like You Know It All

Hong Sang-soo

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Thanks for this, I needed this for a future discourse on Hong's cinema, I fell in love with Woman Is the Future of Man and Kangwon Province, I can't wait to check the much talked Turning Gate and Virgin Stripped Bare.

asfun

5Oct10

Oki's Movie is my top of this year! Since I came to Korea, every year I see Hong's works 5 times in theatre. But this year is 6 times. Hahaha 3 times, Oki's Movie 3 times. OH! KISS MOVIE~ My favourite Hong's work is also turning gate.

Sean John

5Oct10

Yes, I could probably raise Night & Day a notch above Woman is the Future of Man, but I'm not quite convinced its better than any of the top 4 I've listed. I've only seen it once, so who knows, I may change my mind after another viewing. Highbrow it may be (although I think that's a rather dubious claim), but few films have affected me more emotionally than Turning Gate; Hong at his most erotic.

John

5Oct10

I second Arsaib. I just saw Night and Day a week or so ago, and it is definitely my favorite, but it makes sense why highbrow fans would Turning Gate - much more aesthetically pleasing.