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Kim Sung-hoon

Kim Sung-hoon

Director and producer

Works as
Director and producer
Titles
7 on Motif · 13 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 2% in 30 days

What are Kim Sung-hoon's films like?

Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
27%
Morality
26%
Survival
22%
Society
16%
Power
10%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Dread
2
Warm
2
Thrilling
2
Romantic
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kim Sung-hoon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kim Sung-hoon's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

13 credits, 7 with a Motif page.

  • Gold Land(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • CODE : G (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • Love Barista(2025)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • History of Scruffiness (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

  • Can We Get Married? (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Chief Detective 1958(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Killing Romance(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Loveline (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Rampant(2018)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Memoir of a Murderer(2017)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Confidential Assignment(2017)

    Director · Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • A Wonderful Moment (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • 식객 (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Show Creator

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 2013 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Confidential Assignment (2017)

$56M worldwide

Highest rated

Chief Detective 1958 (2024)

Midcredits 80th

Most popular right now

Gold Land (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing9 of 13: 7 only directing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score65thProducing5 of 13: 3 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 13: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s4 · crew2020s8 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Kim Sung-hoon's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · director, producer

Love Barista (2025)

75th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Memoir of a Murderer (2017)

Midcredits 92nd · 80% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Kim Sung-hoon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kim Sung-hoon's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jo-yun Hwang shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors