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Yeon Sang-ho

Yeon Sang-ho

Directing
2011 — present · 9 films
Born
1 January 1978 · age 48
From
Seoul, South Korea

Yeon Sang-ho (born 1978) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the animated films The King of Pigs (2011) and The Fake (2013), and the live-action film Train to Busan (2016).

Acting
2014 — present · 2 films
Born
1 January 1978 · age 48
From
Seoul, South Korea

Yeon Sang-ho (born 1978) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the animated films The King of Pigs (2011) and The Fake (2013), and the live-action film Train to Busan (2016).

Career Signature

How Yeon Sang-ho’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

anxious dread
heavy emotional
kinetic urgency
tightly wound
claustrophobic tension

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

Joko AnwarJoko Anwar11 filmsWon Shin-yunWon Shin-yun5 filmsNia DaCostaNia DaCosta5 filmsOle BornedalOle Bornedal9 filmsMCManuel Carballo2 filmsKaryn KusamaKaryn Kusama6 filmsMikael HåfströmMikael Håfström10 filmsTaweewat WanthaTaweewat Wantha3 films
Career Signature

How Yeon Sang-ho’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

kinetic urgency
bittersweet
crowd-pleaser
fantasy spell
hyper edited

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Filmography

Revelations

2025

The Ugly

2025

JUNG_E

2023

Peninsula

2020

Psychokinesis

2018

Seoul Station

2016

Train to Busan

2016

The Fake

2013

The King of Pigs

2011

Filmography

Seoul Station

2016

The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow

2014