If you loved On the Beach at Night Alone, try The Power of Kangwon Province

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Power of Kangwon Province has roughly 4.8× fewer votes than On the Beach at Night Alone — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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On the Beach at Night Alone

2017 · dir. Hong Sang-soo

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The Power of Kangwon Province

1998 · dir. Hong Sang-soo

What they share

Both films are directed by Hong Sang-soo, and they both carry the bittersweet, outsider, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to On the Beach at Night Alone, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Power of Kangwon Province is

Love is complicated, especially on vacation. A young woman falls for a married policeman at a mountain resort. It predictably gets messy.

If you loved On the Beach at Night Alone, try The Power of Kangwon Province

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What they share

What The Power of Kangwon Province is

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