Introduction

For his twenty-fifth feature as director (and his first as cinematographer), Hong Sangsoo offers a simple tale of young people on the edge of adulthood. As Youngho (Shin Seokho) and his girlfriend Juwon (Park Miso) anticipate a series of significant meetings with parents, friends and parents' friends, they wonder: "Will we be okay?" Sometimes a shared cigarette--or an unexpected hug--can mean as much as anything we could say to those close to us.

“Hong isn’t a minimalist but a tip-of-the-iceberg-ist…INTRODUCTION’s clarity and simplicity—and the outrageous, nearly humorous audacity with which its brisk mysteries conjure wide-ranging, complex, and turbulent stories—makes it among Hong’s most compulsively rewatchable films.” -Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“Lucid and elusive. A point of entry into Hong’s sprawling and addictive body of work… In the midst of everything else, some of us crave a glass of soju and a stroll on an icy beach where the forecast is for romantic disaffection and wary politeness punctuated by sudden squalls of feeling. It’s a taste worth acquiring.” -A.O. Scott, The New York Times

“INTRODUCTION’s economy is deceptive, its staying power surprising…[a] lovely, dryly funny, sneakily resonant movie” -Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

"Satisfying...fascinating...mesmerically simple." ~ Little White Lies

Includes the L.A. premiere of two recent short works by Hong Sangsoo: Letter to the New York Film Festival (four minutes) made specially for the film's premiere at NYFF, and Hong Sangsoo - Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay (two minutes), made when the film won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival.

“Hong isn’t a minimalist but a tip-of-the-iceberg-ist…INTRODUCTION’s clarity and simplicity—and the outrageous, nearly humorous audacity with which its brisk mysteries conjure wide-ranging, complex, and turbulent stories—makes it among Hong’s most compulsively rewatchable films.” -Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“Lucid and elusive. A point of entry into Hong’s sprawling and addictive body of work… In the midst of everything else, some of us crave a glass of soju and a stroll on an icy beach where the forecast is for romantic disaffection and wary politeness punctuated by sudden squalls of feeling. It’s a taste worth acquiring.” -A.O. Scott, The New York Times

“INTRODUCTION’s economy is deceptive, its staying power surprising…[a] lovely, dryly funny, sneakily resonant movie” -Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times