Hong Ki-seon

Directing

Hong Ki-seon

Born — Died

1957-09-25 — 2016-12-15

Place of birth

Hoengseong, Gangwon, South Korea

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Known for

The Case of Itaewon Homicide poster
6.4

The two Korean American teenagers murder an innocent college student at a restaurant in Itaewon at 10 pm on April 8th in 1997. These two criminals show no respect or remorse towards the bereaved family at the court.

The Case of Itaewon Homicide

2009

The Discloser poster
6.6

Captain Gang has died in a test flight accident. Dae-ik discovers a huge corruption scandal while trying to determine the cause of death. He reports it to journalist Jung-sook, but things changed in unexpected ways.

The Discloser

2017

If You Were Me 3 poster
NR

Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, If You Were Me is an innovative omnibus film project to promote tolerance and human rights and shed light on the hardships disadvantaged people face in Korea. This third installment continues the If You Were Me tradition. Directors Jeong Yun Cheol (Marathon), Kim Hyeon Pil (Wonderful Day), Lee Mi Yeon (L'Abri), Noh Dong Seok (Boys of Tomorrow), Hong Gi Seon (The Road Taken), and Kim Gok and Kim Sun (Capitalist Manifesto: Working Men of All Countries) participated in If You Were Me 3, creating shorts on human rights issues of their choosing, ranging from labor conditions to gay rights to discrimination.

If You Were Me 3

2006

The Road Taken poster
6.6

Kim Sunmyung, a man with communist beliefs who refused to recant his ideals, would ultimately serve more than 42 years in prison. Based on a true story, the film tells of personal conviction and dignity.

The Road Taken

2003

Cutting the Sorrow With a Knife Stuck in the Chest poster
4.0

A man accepts a job on a shrimp fishing boat unaware that he is being set up for slave labor along with the rest of the crew of social outcasts.

Cutting the Sorrow With a Knife Stuck in the Chest

1992

Oh! Dreamland poster
3.5

After the Gwangju Democratization Movement is terminated by brute force, Jong Soo runs from the authorities and goes to Dongducheon in search of Tae Ho, an older neighbor from his hometown. He is a student at Jeonnam University and a night school teacher who is on the run because of his involvement in the Gwangju Movement.

Oh! Dreamland

1989

Behind the camera

The Case of Itaewon Homicide poster
6.4

The two Korean American teenagers murder an innocent college student at a restaurant in Itaewon at 10 pm on April 8th in 1997. These two criminals show no respect or remorse towards the bereaved family at the court.

The Case of Itaewon Homicide

2009

The Discloser poster
6.6

Captain Gang has died in a test flight accident. Dae-ik discovers a huge corruption scandal while trying to determine the cause of death. He reports it to journalist Jung-sook, but things changed in unexpected ways.

The Discloser

2017

If You Were Me 3 poster
NR

Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, If You Were Me is an innovative omnibus film project to promote tolerance and human rights and shed light on the hardships disadvantaged people face in Korea. This third installment continues the If You Were Me tradition. Directors Jeong Yun Cheol (Marathon), Kim Hyeon Pil (Wonderful Day), Lee Mi Yeon (L'Abri), Noh Dong Seok (Boys of Tomorrow), Hong Gi Seon (The Road Taken), and Kim Gok and Kim Sun (Capitalist Manifesto: Working Men of All Countries) participated in If You Were Me 3, creating shorts on human rights issues of their choosing, ranging from labor conditions to gay rights to discrimination.

If You Were Me 3

2006

If You Were Me 3 poster
NR

Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, If You Were Me is an innovative omnibus film project to promote tolerance and human rights and shed light on the hardships disadvantaged people face in Korea. This third installment continues the If You Were Me tradition. Directors Jeong Yun Cheol (Marathon), Kim Hyeon Pil (Wonderful Day), Lee Mi Yeon (L'Abri), Noh Dong Seok (Boys of Tomorrow), Hong Gi Seon (The Road Taken), and Kim Gok and Kim Sun (Capitalist Manifesto: Working Men of All Countries) participated in If You Were Me 3, creating shorts on human rights issues of their choosing, ranging from labor conditions to gay rights to discrimination.

If You Were Me 3

2006

The Road Taken poster
6.6

Kim Sunmyung, a man with communist beliefs who refused to recant his ideals, would ultimately serve more than 42 years in prison. Based on a true story, the film tells of personal conviction and dignity.

The Road Taken

2003

Cutting the Sorrow With a Knife Stuck in the Chest poster
4.0

A man accepts a job on a shrimp fishing boat unaware that he is being set up for slave labor along with the rest of the crew of social outcasts.

Cutting the Sorrow With a Knife Stuck in the Chest

1992

Cutting the Sorrow With a Knife Stuck in the Chest poster
4.0

A man accepts a job on a shrimp fishing boat unaware that he is being set up for slave labor along with the rest of the crew of social outcasts.

Cutting the Sorrow With a Knife Stuck in the Chest

1992

Oh! Dreamland poster
3.5

After the Gwangju Democratization Movement is terminated by brute force, Jong Soo runs from the authorities and goes to Dongducheon in search of Tae Ho, an older neighbor from his hometown. He is a student at Jeonnam University and a night school teacher who is on the run because of his involvement in the Gwangju Movement.

Oh! Dreamland

1989

Bluebird poster
NR

About the miserable reality of farmers. Directors are arrested for illegal screening. One of the legendary films that was oppressed by the age of repression.

Bluebird

1986

Surise poster
NR

Reframing the farmers’ movement in Jeon-Nam Province with a reconstruction of interviews and events.

Surise

1984

An Ephemeral Life poster
NR

Mr. Doh drives a forklift at a factory. After receiving an urgent message indicating that his mother is in critical condition, he tries to take some time off. The answer from his boss is “No way” because he is an irregular worker. He gives up taking time off since it should deduct from his monthly salary. Upon hearing his sister’s anxious words, “Your mother is sick, how could you not… Are you sure you are not going?” Mr. Doh enters the gate of the factory again. He tries to pray for his mother by taking a bible from the library, but the wall of the staff library is even higher than the Berlin Wall for him, an irregular worker.

An Ephemeral Life

2006