Jang Hoon (Korean: 장훈; born May 4, 1975) is aSouth Koreanfilm director. He directed the filmsRough Cut (2008),Secret Reunion (2010),The Front Line (2011), andA Taxi Driver (2017).

Jang Hoon (along withJang Cheol-soo andJuhn Jai-hong) honed his directorial skills as anassistant director underKim Ki-duk. His debut filmRough Cut (2008), about a gangster who wants to become an actor and an actor who thinks he is as tough as a gangster, was written and produced by Kim.Rough Cut was much more commercially oriented than Kim's own movies, and the star power of its two leading actorsSo Ji-sub andKang Ji-hwan propelled theindie to more than one million admissions, resulting in a profit 10 times its low budget.^[1][2]

Jang's second feature,Secret Reunion (2010), benefited even more from the director's populist sensibility.^[3] A story about two intelligence agents, one from South Korea and the other from theNorth (played bySong Kang-ho andKang Dong-won, respectively), who approach each other in acts of espionage only to develop an unlikely friendship, the film sold 5.5 million tickets, making it the second highest grossing Korean film of that year.^[2]

His third film,The Front Line, was a large-scale war movie that came out during the 2011 summer blockbuster season.^[4][5] StarringGo Soo andShin Ha-kyun, the film was the most well-received among the ample number ofKorean War-themed films andTV dramas commemorating the 60th anniversary of the war. Through the guise of a mystery narrative, the film revolved around the story of South and North Korean soldiers carrying out meaningless sacrifices trying to capture a nameless hill.^[6][7][8][2] It was selected asSouth Korea's submission to the84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film,^[9] but did not make the final shortlist.^[10]

Jang became the subject of controversy when former mentor Kim Ki-duk'sdocumentary-style self-portraitArirang was released. In theCannesaward-winning film, the elder cineaste explicitly criticized him as "a betrayer" after Jang signed with the film production companyShowbox/Mediaplex.^[11] Regarding the matter, Jang said, "I hope director Kim can find consolation throughArirang. He is a great teacher and I still respect him very much. I feel very sorry as a pupil of his."^[4]

In 2012 Jang,Kang Hyeong-cheol andE J-yong madeshort films forSamsung Galaxy Note's ambitiousPPL-film projectCine Note starringHa Jung-woo.^[12]

• A Taxi Driver 택시 운전사 (director, 2017)
• Cine Note 시네 노트 "Lost Number" (short film, director, 2012)
• The Front Line 고지전 (director, 2011)
• Secret Reunion 의형제 (director, script editor, 2010)
• Rough Cut 영화는 영화다 (director, script editor, 2008)
• Time 시간 (assistant director, assistant editor, 2006)
• The Bow 활 (assistant director, 2005)
• 3-Iron 빈집 (assistant director, 2004)
• Love, So Divine 신부수업 (assistant director, 2004)
• Samaritan Girl 사마리아 (assistant director, 2004)
• Hera Purple 헤라 퍼플 (assistant director, 2001)

ActorKo Chang-seok has appeared in all four of Jang's feature films in supporting roles.

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• Jang Hoon at theKorean Movie Database
• Jang Hoon atHanCinema
• 장훈 at Cine21(in Korean)
• 장훈 atNaver(in Korean)

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• South Korean screenwriters
• Seoul National University alumni
• People from Gangwon Province, South Korea
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• Best Director Paeksang Arts Award (film) winners

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