Hong Sang-soo’s Typical Vibe
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Hong Sang-soo has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named Yoon Heejung. Together, they go to Heejung's workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi with Soju for dinner, and get close. Later, they go to another café and have more drinks with Heejung's acquaintances. When asked if he is married, Chunsu is forced to reveal the fact that he is, and Heejung gets deeply disappointed...
Dir. Hong Sang-soo · With Jung Jae-young, Kim Min-hee, Youn Yuh-jung

While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends. She visits the first two at their homes, and the third she encounters by chance at a theater. While they make friendly conversation, as always, several currents flow independently above and below the surface of the sea.
Dir. Hong Sang-soo · With Kim Min-hee, Seo Young-hwa, Song Seon-mi

In a foreign city, an actress wanders through a seaside town, reflecting on her relationship with a married man. How important is love in one’s life? Younghee wants to find out.
Dir. Hong Sang-soo · With Kim Min-hee, Jung Jae-young, Seo Young-hwa

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.
Dir. Hong Sang-soo · With Isabelle Huppert, Yu Jun-sang, Jung Yu-mi