Haeryun Kang is a journalist and filmmaker in Seoul. She is the director of the feature documentary “Naro’s Search for Space.”
If Bong Joon-ho had started out in South Korea’s film industry 2025, could he have reached the stratospheric success that he is known for today as one of the world’s most renowned directors, or even break into the industry? This isn’t a judgment on his talent or the quality of his films, the most famous of which, the Oscar-winning “Parasite,” recently topped the New York Times list of “100 Best Movies of the 21st Century.”
