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Introduction

Play trailer Poster for Introduction Released Jan 21, 2022 1h 5m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Youngho (Shin Seokho) goes to see his father who is tending to a famous patient. He surprises his girlfriend, Juwon (Park Miso), in Berlin where she is studying fashion design. He goes to a seaside hotel to meet his mother and brings his friend Jeongsoo (Ha Seongguk) with him. In each instance, he anticipates an important conversation. But sometimes a shared look, or a shared smoke, can mean as much as anything we could say to those close to us.
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Although it's best suited for viewers who are already fans of the filmmakers' work, Introduction offers thought-provoking observations on the human condition.

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Jenny Nulf Austin Chronicle Introduction feels like a mediation on how time chips away at first impressions: What started as something beautiful and simple can become complicated, unattainable, and hard to hold on to. Feb 3, 2022 Full Review Kathleen Sachs Chicago Reader There's very little substance, with only a meager bit of exposition providing any kind of throughline, yet the film confounds in its modest ambitions. Jan 28, 2022 Full Review Justin Chang Los Angeles Times Another of the writer-director's sharp, elegant miniatures. Jan 28, 2022 Full Review Sean Burns WBUR’s Arts & Culture Builds to a soju-soaked eruption of the filmmaker's usual sozzled table talk that seems too slight a climax for even such a miniature, 66-minute movie. Apr 26, 2023 Full Review Betsy Sherman Arts Fuse As many a filmmaker has demonstrated (including one of Hong’s idols, Yasujiro Ozu), lyrical shots of the ocean can help induce a feeling of transcendence. This one gave me the improbable tingle. Apr 21, 2023 Full Review Erick Estrada Cinegarage ... Natural and apparently unpredictable. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 15, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Youngho (Shin Seokho) goes to see his father who is tending to a famous patient. He surprises his girlfriend, Juwon (Park Miso), in Berlin where she is studying fashion design. He goes to a seaside hotel to meet his mother and brings his friend Jeongsoo (Ha Seongguk) with him. In each instance, he anticipates an important conversation. But sometimes a shared look, or a shared smoke, can mean as much as anything we could say to those close to us.
Director
Hong Sang-soo
Producer
Hong Sang-soo
Screenwriter
Hong Sang-soo
Distributor
The Cinema Guild
Production Co
Jeonwonsa Film Co.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 21, 2022, Limited
Runtime
1h 5m
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