Introduction (Korean: 인트로덕션, romanized: Inteurodeoksyeon) is a 2021 South Korean drama film written, directed, produced, photographed, scored and edited by Hong Sang-soo. The film stars Shin Seok-ho, Park Mi-so and Kim Min-hee.[3]
Section 1 Opening scenes enter Youngho (Shin Seokho) seeing off his girlfriend before going into a waiting room of a traditional Korean doctor's offices where a famous actor (Ki Joobong) has dropped by unexpectedly. In conversation with the nurse(Ye Ji-won) we learn Youngho is there to see his father not an appointment but his request.
Section 2 The location shifts to Juwon (Park Miso), a student who has come to Berlin with her mother(Yun-hee Cho) to study fashion, there she meets an artist (Kim Minhee) who is an old friend of her mother's, and who will put Juwon up at her apartment until she finds her own place. Juwon leaves them to meet up with her boyfriend Youngho on a surprise visit who hopes to get money from his father to study in Germany with her.
Section 3 Two years later, back in Korea, Youngho, who traveled to Berlin for a visit in part 2, goes to seaside restaurant with his pal at his mother's(Cho Yunhee) request to meet the famous actor(Ki Joobong) who is a friend of his mother's. The old actor who was also acquainted with Youngho's now estranged doctor father (Kim Youngho) — recalled from the opening scenes set in the doctor's offices where the actor had dropped by, postponing Youngho's own mysterious meeting with his father and having inspired Youngho to become an actor as well. The meal is interrupted by a dispute about Youngho's leaving acting. On the beach he has an imagined encounter with Juwon before awakening in the car and going for a swim.
^Kim Mi-hwa (May 24, 2021). '인트로덕션' 홍상수 감독 없이..신석호X박미소X서영화, GV일정 공개 [M+TV인사이드] ['Introduction' without director Hong Sang-soo... Shin Seok-ho X Park Miso X Seo Young-hwa, GV schedule revealed]. Star News. Naver. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
^Jo Joon-hyung (September 7, 2021). 베이징국제영화제 21일 개막…홍상수 '인트로덕션' 출품 [The Beijing International Film Festival opens on the 21st... Hong Sang-soo exhibited 'Introduction']. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
^Kim Ji-eun (September 30, 2021). '당신얼굴 앞에서', 부국제서 첫 공개…홍상수·김민희 불참 ['In front of your face', first released at the sub-international... Hong Sang-soo and Kim Min-hee absent]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
^Kim Mi-hwa (May 24, 2021). '인트로덕션' 홍상수 감독 없이..신석호X박미소X서영화, GV일정 공개 [M+TV인사이드] ['Introduction' without director Hong Sang-soo... Shin Seok-ho X Park Miso X Seo Young-hwa, GV schedule revealed]. Star News. Naver. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
