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Bong Joon Ho

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Bong Joon-ho, Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. His films emphasize social issues, crime suspense and sudden dark humor. In his early years, he first gained a cult film following through the black comedy "Kidnapping the Dog" (2000). Later, he filmed the thriller crime film "Memories of Murder" (2003), which was a huge critical and box office success, the monster movie "Monster" (2006), the sci-fi action film "The Doomsday Train", a black The comedy "Okja" (2017), the psychological thriller "Parasite" (2019), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the science fiction black comedy film "Mickey 17," of which "Parasite" was one of the highest-grossing Korean films in history.

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
Republic of Korea
Born
1969-09-14
Wikidata
Q495980
Occupations film directorscreenwriterpoliticiantelevision producerdirector
Aliases Bong Joon HoBong Joon-hoBong Jun-hoBong Joon Ho

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