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Bong Joon Ho
Director 56 years old

Bong Joon Ho

Daegu, South Korea

Bong Joon-ho (Korean: 봉준호, Korean pronunciation:[poːŋ tɕuːnho → poːŋdʑunɦo]; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean filmmaker. The recipient of three Academy Awards, his work is characterised by emphasis on social and class themes, genre-mixing, dark comedy, and sudden... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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9 titles
Mickey 17

Mickey 17

Bong Joon Ho 2025 2h 17m 6.2

Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

Gisaengchung

Gisaengchung

Bong Joon Ho 2019 2h 13m 8.5

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Okja

Okja

Bong Joon Ho 2017 2h 7.4

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer

Bong Joon Ho 2013 2h 7m 7.3

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

Madeo

Madeo

Bong Joon Ho 2009 2h 9m 8.1

A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.

Tokyo!

Tokyo!

Bong Joon Ho, Leos Carax 2008 1h 52m 7.6

Tôkyô! is an anthology of three short films by directors Michel Gondry (France), Leos Carax (France) and Joon-ho Bong (Korea), each of whom offers an imaginative and transnatural/supernatural glimpse into the Tokyo Megapolis.

Gwoemul

Gwoemul

Bong Joon Ho 2006 2h 7.7

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

Salinui chueok

Salinui chueok

Bong Joon Ho 2003 2h 11m 8.5

Based on the true story of the country's first known serial murders, which took place between 1986 and 1991 in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, the movie begins with a series of raped and murdered women. Two bumbling, incompetent local detectives realizes a serial killer is on the loose and begins to chase after the murderer.

Flandersui gae

Flandersui gae

Bong Joon Ho 2000 1h 50m 6.8

An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.

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