Hong Sang-soo confirms romance with Kim Min-hee

[waves-of-light.livejournal.com]

Award-winning Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo on Monday publicly admitted to being in a relationship with actress Kim Min-hee for the first time since media speculations on their relationship emerged last June.

"I don't know if this is the right place to unveil this, but we're in love. We truly love each other in our own way," Hong said when questioned about his relationship with her after the press screening in Seoul of his latest film "On the Beach At Night Alone."

This marked their first public appearance together in Korea since news of their affair broke after Hong filmed his 2015 movie "Right Now, Wrong Then" with the actress.

They previously attended the 67th Berlin International Film Festival together last month for "On the Beach." Kim took home the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her lead role in the film. During the festival, they didn't officially confirm media reports on their relationship but have been publicly spotted displaying mutual affection. Hong filed for a divorce from his wife in November.

"At first, I thought I had no reason to tell this... This is our private matter," the director said when asked about the long silence on the reports. Kim also confirmed the relationship, saying: "We're seeing and love each other with all our hearts. We'll humbly accept everything -- situations ahead of us and that will come."

The two were seen wearing the same ring on the same ring finger of their right hand on Monday as they did at the Berlin festival.



In the award-winning film, Kim played the role of Young-hee, an actress pondering her relationship with a married movie director while drinking with friends in a seaside town shortly after returning from a trip to Germany.

The movie has drawn much media attention for its story possibly being based on the director's own experience in real life as the main characters' conversations strongly advocate for the extramarital relationship. When asked if the film is autobiographical, Hong said that "it is impossible to create an autobiographical story. I'm not likely to make any autobiographical film till the last."

Also present at the news conference were the film's supporting actors Seo Young-hwa, Kwon Hae-hyo and Park Ye-joo.

The event drew much attention from local media because it marked the couple's first public appearance in Korea together in nine months. With ticket reservations for the film's press screening at a 400-seat theater in Seoul closed earlier than expected, journalists waited in a long line to get canceled tickets.

The film is set to premiere in South Korea on March 23.




Confirmed, so I'm finally using the "Couple" tag lol.

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Missing the douche tag OP

[bob-dabuilda.livejournal.com]

Re: Missing the douche tag OP

[cafetin99.livejournal.com]

MTE.

[taengwoo.livejournal.com]

has anyone watched the handmaiden? i heard its good so i wanna watch it, but i also wanna barf every time i see either of these losers faces.

[callherblondie.livejournal.com]

I've seen it, it's pretty good. Thing about Kim Min Hee is even though her life choices baffle me, she's a good actress and enjoyable to watch (I've seen her in several movies), and while I don't find her to be classically beautiful she is actually very, very beautiful in films and motion.

[ddeadmeat.livejournal.com]

same! she's so beautiful in films. helpless (??) was amazing o<-< I just try to turn tone deaf to max when it comes to her personal life.

[lechuza-yoya.livejournal.com]

is really good

[hebk.livejournal.com]

yeah especially if you love gay revenge

[donaldjdrumpf.livejournal.com]

oooh I'm intrigued now lol. I live for gay revenge

[miwa201.livejournal.com]

i loved it

[aleksu7.livejournal.com]

One of the best films last year, one of the best park chanwook's. Minhee is amazing in this and the other actress, Taeri (who is 😘), too. A must see, for me.

Missing the who asked for this? tag

[callherblondie.livejournal.com]

also, we already knew but ewwwww and can they both shut up about it now like immediately kthnx

ETA: I'm grossed out by myself but I can kind of see the attraction for her? Putting the age difference aside, which is ew, he actually looks pretty good for an old dude in the pic behind the cut. He looks like he might've been pretty hot when he was younger. But in that side-by-side pic of their faces, he also looks like he's her dad so...gross.

Re: Missing the who asked for this? tag

[bob-dabuilda.livejournal.com]

yes hes attractive for an older man but the fact that she didn't have to assist in homewrecking to date younger, hotter men makes him look worse.

[lulufairybubble.livejournal.com]

How you get em is how you lose em,boo.

[turtles-tszx.livejournal.com]

Mte, and she probably get bored of him few years later.

[blck-ink.livejournal.com]

[mmmalvina.livejournal.com]

i wish it was just "love in their own way", but unfortunately it's very common. hope this whole thing will bite them in the ass sooner or later, i don't believe such couples can be happy even if they end up staying together.

[rosiemotleymind.livejournal.com]

I loved her in The Handmaiden but for real this messy bitch that lives for drama teas.

[awsteven.livejournal.com]

i really fucking hate both these shitheads. is the guy even divorced yet? jesus i feel so bad for his wife and daughter. i can't even enjoy the messiness since this is something that has ruined a lot of my relatives

[miamaimi.livejournal.com]

they are so shameless. I'm disgusted

[tsukarerudesu.livejournal.com]

From Lee soo hyuk to ????

[turtles-tszx.livejournal.com]

Gowrl dated jo insung, some big name handsome actor i cant remember the name and lee soo hyuk. She probably wants some thrill and challenge by going out with the director.

She's a mess.

[ebenetwo.livejournal.com]

Lee Jung Jae

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

Her dating history makes zero sense

[callherblondie.livejournal.com]

I always wondered what it was about her that attracted so many famous and hot guys (I'm not counting this director). She's skinny and tall and a good actress -- not mindblowing but pretty good -- and that's about it. Her face is too weird looking to be traditionally beautiful although she's actually very telegenic and attractive in motion. I think men are drawn to her because she does not give a fuck and seems to have no boundaries (also she seems super-confident and unapologetic). That must be appealing to some people, but I find people like her really troubling because they only see what they want and how they want to live their lives and they don't have any shame, remorse, or regard for how their pursuit of their own wants and desires can harm other people -- they're so single-minded and self-focused, it's disturbing.

[ddeadmeat.livejournal.com]

yeah, re:that statement she made about women in the film industries? I had a hard time with that. like girl your personal life is one thing but this >_> disregarding systemic problems bc you don't experience them is nagl