Director Bong Joon-ho specializes in live-action cinema, but throughout his career he has experimented with Japanese cinema and even animation, so his dream could come true.
Last week The Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held, a kind of Oscar Awards of anime in which the best anime of the season are awarded, as well as characters and performers. He south korean director Bong Joon-ho, known for having made films such as Parasites (2019), was at the gala to present one of the awards.
In his speech, what caught the most attention was when he shared his interest in entering the world of anime, ensuring: “I'm thinking about doing an animation work in Japan.”.
Until now, Bong Joon-ho He has only produced live-action feature films. His career began with Incoherence in 1994, and continued with Barking dog, little biting (2000), Memories of Murder (2003), y The Host (2006).
In 2008 he made his first Japanese feature film, Tokyo! (2008), with a Japanese and French cast. After Mother (2009) returned to Japan to collaborate on the short film anthology 3.11 A Sense of Home (2012), in which filmmakers such as Naomi Kawase.
Bong Joon-ho approaches Japan and anime
In 2013 it jumped more strongly into the international market, with the premiere of Snowpiercer (2013), starring Chris Evans y Tilda Swintonactress with whom he collaborated again in his next project: Okay (2017).
Although it was when he returned to South Korea to do Parasites when he triumphed throughout the world, as his feature film was awarded four Oscarswhich included the award for Best film already best director.
Now, Bong Joon-ho's two upcoming projects include the live-action film Mickey 17and a animated feature film at GCI untitled produced in South Korea that will have a big budget and will focus on sea creatures.