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

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.

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

The reason why I always wanted to make an American film was because of the Western genre. It is something that I would very much like to make in the future, because it's very uniquely American, and I can't make a Western film in Korean.

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.

I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.

In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.