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Wall Street Journal
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘By the Stream' Review: A Korean Drama of Life, Art and Soju
The lauded South Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo is among the most prolific figures in world cinema: He directed the lightly magical romance 'Right Now, Wrong Then' 10 years ago and since then has made more than a dozen films. Yet in his own country he is a subject of some scandal, due to the revelation, shortly after the release of 'Right Now,' that he was having an affair with the film's star, Kim Min-hee. By American standards, the controversy is downright quaint, but it reportedly cost Ms. Kim endorsement deals and her management contract, and for almost all of the past decade she has appeared only in films directed by Mr. Hong, with whom she had her first child earlier this year. I offer this brief history of a scandal not to catch up readers on the Korean tabloids, but because it unmistakably shadows and shapes Mr. Hong's new film, 'By the Stream.' One could, simplistically, call it a cancel-culture drama, though it lacks the fiery temper or aggrieved bitterness that might be expected of such a work. Instead, it's a graceful, unassuming portrait of relationships old and new as a handful of characters consider their pasts and look wonderingly toward their futures, soju flowing freely all the while.
Korea Herald
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Actor Kim Min-hee gives birth to director Hong Sang-soo's son
After nine years together, the couple has a child Actor Kim Min-hee has given birth to a son with South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo. According to a report by entertainment outlet Dispatch, Kim is staying at a postpartum care center in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, following the birth. Kim reportedly learned she was expecting a child with Hong last summer. The couple met while working together on Hong's 2015 film "Right Now, Wrong Then" and publicly confirmed their relationship in 2017. The couple lives in Hanam, where Hong relocated after moving out of his marital home in Seoul's Gangnam district. He is said to have settled in Hanam with Kim, where Kim's parents also live. Born in 1982, Kim is 22 years younger than Hong. Hong, who married in 1985 and has a daughter, filed for divorce in 2016; however, the process stalled after his wife refused to accept the divorce documents. Kim and Hong have lived together for nine years.
