Na Hong-jin

Writer
Director
Producer

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The Wailing (2016)

Na Hong-jin born in 1974 is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His debut film The Chaser (2008) won Best Director at the 45th Grand Bell Awards in 2008. The film also won the award for Best Film. His follow up film, The Yellow Sea, was released in South Korea on December 15, 2010. It is scheduled to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

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Awards
- 34 wins & 32 nominations total

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Known for

The Chaser

7.8

Writer

2008

The Wailing

7.4

Writer

2016

The Yellow Sea

7.3

Writer

2010

Hope

6.8

Writer

2026

Credits

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Writer

Hope
6.8
- writer
- 2026
Faith
6.4
Short
- Writer
- 2023
The Medium
6.5
- original story by
- 2021
The Wailing
7.4
- screenplay by
- 2016
The Yellow Sea
7.3
- screenplay
- screenplay by
- 2010
The Chaser
7.8
- screenplay by
- written by
- 2008
Han
6.6
Short
- Writer
- writer
- 2007
Wanbyeoghan domiyoli
6.6
Short
- Writer
- 2005

Director

Producer

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The Chaser

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THE WAILING - Official US Trailer

Trailer 1:51

THE WAILING - Official US Trailer

Personal details

Born
- 1974

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Trivia
Method writing locations: While writing his gritty crime thriller The Yellow Sea (2010), he spent months living in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China to accurately capture the environment and mindset of the region's ethnic Korean population.