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Yeon Sang-ho (born 1978) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the animated films The King of Pigs (2011) and The Fake (2013), and the live-action film Train to Busan (2016).
Yeon Sang-ho is a prominent South Korean filmmaker who gained critical acclaim for his early independent animated features before finding global commercial success with live-action genre projects.
He is best recognized for directing the international horror hit Train to Busan and directing gritty animated films like The King of Pigs and The Fake. Follow Yeon Sang-ho on Mood.
His filmography is defined by a cynical, bleak worldview that uses genre frameworks like horror, science fiction, and thriller elements to critique hierarchy, corruption, and systemic failures in modern society.