To introduce Bong Joon-ho formally, he is a South Korean film director, producer, screenwriter, and holder of four Academy Awards for his film Parasite. Bong Joon-ho made his way to international fame after Parasite's wonders in the audience and simultaneously at the Oscars. He earned the Academy Award for Best Direction. Bong has been working on films and direction since his years in college. He has many short films under his name, directed during the 1990s and 2000. These films got filmed at the 20th Mise-en-Scène Short Film Festival. Bong Joon-ho made all his films and short films successful with his real-life experience, lessons, and observations! We still expect many magical movie pieces by Bong. Mickey7 is the upcoming Bong Yoon-ho movie, an adaptation of Edward Ashton's 2022 sci-fi novel. There is no release date revealed yet. But tight your seatbelts, Mickey & can take over Parasite with its ice world and human expedition plot. It's an American film distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
1. Parasite- 2019
Winning a total of four Oscar awards, named as- Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, International feature film, and Best Picture, the movie crew dominated the 2020 Oscars. It is the only non-English, subtitled movie on the frontier of the Oscars in 92 years. The film tried to portray a social class system and socio-economic inequalities involving two families with different backgrounds.
2. The Host- 2006
The host is a horror, monstrous film of Bong-Ho. It’s a science fiction that represents the disastrous pollutants of society but precisely the chemicals dumped by the American military in the Han River of South Korea. The creature emerging from the Han River creates havoc in the city by attacking the citizens. One of the victims is Go Ah-sung, a daughter of a vendor. Her family struggles to save her from the monster’s clutches.
3. Barking Dogs Never Bite- 2000
Barking Dogs Never Bite, a Korean dark comedy film, is named after the 1872 novel -A dog of Flanders. The film follows the story of unemployed college professor Ko Yoon-Ju (Lee Sung-Jae), who struggles with his job and resents his neighbor's dog. Irritated Yun-Ju, finally resorts to kidnapping and killing them. Whereas Park Hyun-Nam, played by Bae Doona, a maintenance worker for the same complex, investigates the missing dogs. It was a directorial debut for Bong Joon-ho.
4. Okja- 2017
Okja is an international production in South Korea and the United States and an action-adventure film. This film stars Seo-Hyeon Ahn, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal. Okja is a film about the friendship between a young girl named Mija and a genetically modified super pig Okja. Okja is transferred to NYC and gets kidnapped by a meat company. Young girl Mija travels from South Korea to the U.S.A to rescue Okja. It got nominated for the Cannes Film festival and many awards.
5. Memories Of Murder- 2003
Bong-ho has scripted the film creatively as it is based/inspired by real-life events or crimes in South Korea. The movie has two detectives who help the cops investigate the serial killers. Bong received Grand Bell Award for Best Director and other awards- best lighting, best actor, and best film in the Blue Dragon Awards, Grand Bell Film Awards, Busan Film Critics Association Awards, and many others.
6. Mother- 2009
Mother is a remarkable story of a mother and a son by Bong-Ho. She is the mother trying to prove that his mentally challenged son is innocent when he gets arrested under accusations of murdering a young girl. Mother marked many awards for the film, screenplay, and actors.
7. Tokyo!- 2008
It is not a single plot story but a three-segmented story by Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, and Bong Joon-ho. All are non-Japanese directors. Bong Joon-ho has directed one of the three tales about a man who has shut himself down in his apartment. But he does get out because of a young pizza delivery girl. Other tales follow the story of a sewer-dweller and a happy couple.
8. Incoherence - 1994
Incoherence is a 1994 short film by Bong Joon-ho. Bong was in his fourth year of graduation when he directed this film. It is about three men and three different situational stories, brought together in the fourth part through a brilliantly creative concept. It is about how experts talk on a television show about social disorder, where they indulge in little crimes.
9. Influenza- 2004
Influenza is Bong Joon's 30 minutes disturbingly violent short film about Jo Hyuk-Rae, an unemployed man whose actions are framed in a manner to capture in CCTV cameras. It is just 30 minutes from this man’s criminal life, where Bong sticks to his genre about society and crime. Influenza is 2004 released short film after Memories of Murder in 2003.
