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Bong Joon-ho - what members say

The Host review by from Manchester, England

A monster movie actually about something 25 October 2010
... is another film from one of the most exciting filmmakers in South Korea today, Bong Joon-ho. Here he deconstructs the classic monster movie and reinvents it as an anti-Ame... Read customer review

Tokyo! review by mcgeordie from Banff

'Disappointing' sums it up well. 27 June 2009
...he end of the story to see if this final one might be able to save the film. Bong Joon-ho's section of the film was mercifully the final one, but also tragically the wor... Read customer review

Mother review by chenny from Bristol

Mamma mia 29 August 2010
...If you have not seen Bong Joon-ho's other offerings 'The Host' and 'Memories of murder' then you are in the very enviable position of having them to look forward to. In the... Read customer review

Bong Joon-ho - filmography

Mother on DVD (2009)
Starring: Bin Won, Ku Jin, Kim Hye-ja
Director: Bong Joon-ho, Bong Joon-ho
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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.

71% from 2,167 members

Mother - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Bin Won, Ku Jin, Kim Hye-ja
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Certificate:
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A woman devoted to her son struggles to keep him from spending his life in prison in this drama from director Bong Joon-ho. Do-jun (Weon Bin) is a man in his mid-twenties who isn't especially bright and is easily led. Do-jun lives with his elderly mother (Kim Hye-ja), who loves him fiercely even ..read more »

70% from 705 members

Tokyo! on DVD (2008)
Starring: Nao Omori, Yû Aoi, YosiYosi Arakawa
Director: Bong Joon-ho, Bong Joon-ho, Leos Carax
Certificate:
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A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories.

62% from 832 members

The Host - HD (2006)
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Bae Du-na, Bae Du-Na
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Certificate:
Selling his wares to passers by along Seoul's Han River, life is peaceful for a small-time snack bar owner and his dim-witted son. However, the tranquillity of their day-to-day lives is shattered when a mutant creature emerges from the depths of the Han and embarks on a blood-thirsty rampage. While ..read more »

60% from 291 members
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The Host on DVD (2006)
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Bae Du-na, Bae Du-Na
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Certificate:
The Park family seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life; well, maybe a little poorer than the average Seoul citizens. Park Hee-bong (played by Byun Hee-bong) is a man in his late 60s running a small snack bar on the banks of the Seoul's Han River and, living with his two sons, daughter and ..read more »

62% from 15,645 members

The Host - Blu-ray (2006)
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Bae Du-na, Bae Du-Na
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Certificate:
Selling his wares to passers by along Seoul's Han River, life is peaceful for a small-time snack bar owner and his dim-witted son. However, the tranquillity of their day-to-day lives is shattered when a mutant creature emerges from the depths of the Han and embarks on a blood-thirsty rampage. While ..read more »

61% from 1,841 member

Memories Of Murder on DVD (2003)
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Sang-Kyung Kim, Roe-Ha Kim
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Certificate:
This shocking tale is designed to repulse viewers, chiefly because it's based on a horrific true story. Following the activities of South Korea's first serial killer, MEMORIES OF MURDER tracks the gruesome events through the eyes of the two detectives investigating the case. The murders unfolded in ..read more »

72% from 3,145 members

Bong Joon-ho facts

5 most recent films

Mother - 3.5 stars
Mother - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Tokyo! - 3.0 stars
The Host - HD - 3.0 stars
The Host - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Memories Of Murder - 3.5 stars
Mother - 3.5 stars
Mother - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Host - 3.0 stars
Tokyo! - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Host - HD - 3.0 stars
The Host - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Tokyo! - 3.0 stars
The Host - 3.0 stars
Mother - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Song Kang-ho - 4 times - show films
Woo-hee Chun - 3 times - show films
Yoon Jae-Moon - 3 times - show films
Byoung-Soon Kim - 3 times - show films
Mi-sun Jun - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Leos Carax - 2 times - show films
Bong Joon-ho - 2 times - show films
Michel - 2 times - show films

18 Aug 2010
Mother
4.5 stars out of 5
13 Mar 2012
After Oscar
09 Feb 2011
Overlooked by Oscar
16 Oct 2006
Faces of the Future