7 Movies Directed by Joon-ho Bong

Barking Dogs Never Bite

Barking Dogs Never Bite

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-02-19

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2641 Reviews)

Director:

Joon-ho Bong

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Joon-ho Bong

Ji-ho Song

Derek Son Tae-woong

Fullplot:

The disconnections of urban life. Yun-ju is diffident, almost without affect; his wife is pregnant, and he's wonders if he should bribe the dean to secure a professorship. He's also bothered by a yapping dog that disturbs him in the large block of flats where he lives. Hyeon-nam is equally disengaged; she's a bookkeeper at same block of flats, animated only when she learns of a lost dog. Over the course of a few weeks, three dogs in the building go missing - Yun-ju and Hyeon-nam have a connection to each. So might a janitor. Is it a man-eat-dog world? Is there any cure for this ennui? Can anyone connect?

Barking Dogs Never Bite

Barking Dogs Never Bite

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-02-19

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2700 Reviews)

Director:

Joon-ho Bong

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Joon-ho Bong

Ji-ho Song

Derek Son Tae-woong

Fullplot:

The disconnections of urban life. Yun-ju is diffident, almost without affect; his wife is pregnant, and he's wonders if he should bribe the dean to secure a professorship. He's also bothered by a yapping dog that disturbs him in the large block of flats where he lives. Hyeon-nam is equally disengaged; she's a bookkeeper at same block of flats, animated only when she learns of a lost dog. Over the course of a few weeks, three dogs in the building go missing - Yun-ju and Hyeon-nam have a connection to each. So might a janitor. Is it a man-eat-dog world? Is there any cure for this ennui? Can anyone connect?

Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-05-02

Languages:

Korean, English

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

132 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (56079 Reviews)

Director:

Joon-ho Bong

Cast:

Writer:

Joon-ho Bong

Kwang-rim Kim

Sung-bo Shim

Fullplot:

In 1986, in the province of Gyunggi, in South Korea, a second young and beautiful woman is found dead, raped and tied and gagged with her underwear. Detective Park Doo-Man and Detective Cho Yong-koo, two brutal and stupid local detectives without any technique, investigate the murder using brutality and torturing the suspects, without any practical result. The Detective Seo Tae-Yoon from Seoul comes to the country to help the investigations and is convinced that a serial-killer is killing the women. When a third woman is found dead in the same "modus-operandi", the detectives find leads of the assassin.

The Host

The Host

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-30

Languages:

Korean, English

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(63580 Reviews)

Director:

Joon-ho Bong

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Joon-ho Bong (screenplay)

Won-jun Ha (screenplay)

Chul-hyun Baek (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. He runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe they are a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong's elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du's daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All of the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.

Tokyo!

Tokyo!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-08-16

Languages:

Japanese, French, English

Countries:

France, Japan, South Korea, Germany

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (6738 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Gabrielle Bell (graphic novel "Cecil and Jordan in New York")

Joon-ho Bong

Leos Carax

Michel Gondry

Fullplot:

Tokyo is a city of transitions in three short films. A young woman who finds her life useless experiences a metamorphosis. A disheveled Caucasian emerges from a manhole to face arrest, trial, and execution; he calls himself "Merde" and speaks a language only his look-alike attorney understands. Is he human? A recluse experiences human contact when a pizza-delivery girl faints at his door during an earthquake. He conquers fear to seek her out. A chair, a corpse, a hermit: sources of urban connection?

Mother

Mother

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-05-28

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (24097 Reviews)

Director:

Joon-ho Bong

Cast:

Writer:

Joon-ho Bong (story)

Eun-kyo Park (screenplay)

Joon-ho Bong (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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.

Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-07-11

Languages:

English, Korean, French, Japanese, Czech

Countries:

South Korea, Czech Republic, USA, France

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(149197 Reviews)

Director:

Joon-ho Bong

Cast:

Writer:

Joon-ho Bong (screenplay)

Kelly Masterson (screenplay)

Joon-ho Bong (screen story)

Jacques Lob (based on Le Transperceneige by)

Benjamin Legrand (based on Le Transperceneige by)

Jean-Marc Rochette (based on Le Transperceneige by)

Fullplot:

Set in 2031, the entire world is frozen except for those aboard the Snowpiercer. For 17 years, the world's survivors are on a train hurtling around the globe creating their own economy and class system. Led by Curtis, a group of lower-class citizens living in squalor at the back of the train are determined to get to the front of the train and spread the wealth around. Each section of the train holds new surprises for the group who have to battle their way through. A revolution is underway.

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