I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me.

In my creative films, if there was something, some humorous moment that is lost to a non-Korean speaking audience, I'll be very sad.

I tend not to use the humor which would only apply to Koreans, or which would only affect the Koreans, as much as I can.

There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like.

When I'm writing something, if it gets too serious, I just can't bear it, so I take a step back and take the overall scene in and vent the air a little bit.

Some audiences might find homosexuality an uncomfortable subject matter, and a character who is a Japanese collaborator is always uncomfortable.

Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.