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Yeon Sang-ho

Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor | * 01/01/1978 (46) | Seoul (South Korea)
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Yeon Sang-ho (born 25 December 1978) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He gained international popularity for working his adult animated films The King of Pigs (2011) and The Fake (2013), and the live-action film Train to Busan (2016), its animated prequel Seoul Station (2016) and live-action sequel Peninsula (2020), and first South Korean superhero film Psychokinesis (2018). ()
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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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Animation | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Suk-gyu is desperately looking for his runaway daughter. He spares neither money nor effort and after a while his search leads to results. One of his contacts claims to have found the girl. But joy is ...

Seoul Station

Certification unknown

2016 | 3.2/5 | 1h 32min
Drama, Animation, Horror
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A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula. ...

Peninsula

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2020 | 3.4/5 | 1h 56min
Action, Horror, Thriller
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When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival. ...

Train to Busan

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2016 | 3.9/5 | 1h 58min
Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Action
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After his business goes bankrupt, 30 something Kyeong-Min kills his wife impulsively. Hiding his anger, he seeks out his former middle school classmate Jong-Seok. Jong-Seok now works as a ghostwriter ...

The King of Pigs

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2011 | 3.0/5 | 1h 37min
Animation, Thriller, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Yeon Sang-ho

Sitges Film Festival Best Director Award
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Movies with Yeon Sang-ho as Actor(4)

as Control Room (uncredited)2016 Train to Busan
as Man 4 (voice)2016 Seoul Station
as Playground Person / Passerby2014 The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow
as Lee Chang-su2012 The Window

Movies with Yeon Sang-ho as Crew(33)

Writing/Original Film Writer2023 The Last Train to New York
Directing/Director2023 JUNG_E
Writing/Writer2023 JUNG_E
Writing/Writer2021 The Cursed Dead Man’s Prey
Directing/Director2020 Peninsula
Writing/Writer2020 Peninsula
Directing/Director2018 Psychokinesis
Writing/Writer2018 Psychokinesis
Directing/Director2016 Train to Busan
Writing/Screenplay2016 Train to Busan
Writing/Adaptation2016 Train to Busan
Directing/Director2016 Seoul Station
Editing/Editor2016 Seoul Station
Production/Producer2016 Seoul Station
Writing/Writer2016 Seoul Station
Production/Producer2016 The Senior Class
Writing/Original Story2016 The Senior Class
Writing/Screenplay2016 The Senior Class
Production/Producer2016 Kai
Production/Producer2014 Master and Man
Directing/Director2013 The Fake
Editing/Editor2013 The Fake
Writing/Writer2013 The Fake
Directing/Director2012 The Window
Writing/Writer2012 The Window
Directing/Director2011 The King of Pigs
Editing/Editor2011 The King of Pigs
Writing/Writer2011 The King of Pigs
Directing/Director2008 Indie Anibox: Selma's Protein Coffee
Directing/Director2006 The Hell (Two Kinds of Life)
Editing/Editor2006 The Hell (Two Kinds of Life)
Production/Producer2006 The Hell (Two Kinds of Life)
Writing/Writer2006 The Hell (Two Kinds of Life)

TV Shows/Series with Yeon Sang-ho as Crew(13)

Directing/Director2024 Parasyte: The Grey
Writing/Writer2024 Parasyte: The Grey
Creator/Creator2024 Parasyte: The Grey
Writing/Screenplay2024 Parasyte: The Grey
Production/Executive Producer2024 The Bequeathed
Writing/Screenplay2024 The Bequeathed
Writing/Original Story2022 The King of Pigs
Creator/Creator2022 The King of Pigs
Writing/Writer2021 Hellbound
Directing/Director2021 Hellbound
Creator/Creator2021 Hellbound
Writing/Writer2020 The Cursed
Creator/Creator2020 The Cursed

Additional Information

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Full Name: Sang-ho Yeon
Citizenship: South Korea
Born: Sunday, 01/01 1978 (January) in Seoul (South Korea) (current age: 46 years + 109 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: Korean (KO, native language)
Educated at: Sangmyung University
Other names for Yeon Sang-ho (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"연상호"
"延尚昊"
"Yŏn Sang-ho" (McCune-Reischauer Romanization)
Yeon Sang-ho frequently works together with these people:
Kang Bong-seong (6x, Crew)
Lee Yeon-jeong (6x, Crew)
Kwak Tae-yong (5x, Crew)
Lee Dong-ha (5x, Crew)
Hong Deok-pyo (4x, Crew)
Jang Young-gyu (4x, Crew)
Jung Hwang-su (4x, Crew)
Lee Mok-won (4x, Crew)
Yang Jin-mo (4x, Crew)
Jung Young-ki (4x, Actor)
Heo Myeong-haeng (4x, Crew)
Han Mi-yeon (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:321622, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024