---
name: "Jo Sang-gyeong"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cho-sang-kyung"
fi1m_id: "cho-sang-kyung"
imdb_id: "nm1889387"
tmdb_id: 43570
wikidata_id: "Q24867107"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "20 May 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-27T07:51:31.947843+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jo Sang-gyeong

## Identity

Jo Sang-gyeong

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cho-sang-kyung
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cho-sang-kyung
- **IMDb ID:** nm1889387
- **TMDB ID:** 43570
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24867107
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Sang-gyeong, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24867107, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1889387/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43570

Costume designer. Born 20 May 1972 in South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 20 May 1972, South Korea
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Cho Sang-kyung, 조상경, Sang-kyung Cho, Sang-gyeong Jo, Cho Sang-Kyeong, Чо Сан Гён, Чо Сан-гён
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Park Chan-wook](https://film.one/person/park-chan-wook.md), [Lim Seung-yong](https://film.one/person/syd-lim.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 85 (1), 2020s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Thriller 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $79m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Sang-gyeong, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24867107, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1889387/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43570

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Squid Game*](https://film.one/tv/squid-game.md) (81)
- **Disney+:** [*No Other Choice*](https://film.one/film/no-other-choice.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cho Sang-kyung is a South Korean costume designer. She studied Oriental painting and stage design at the Korea National University of Arts.

She has designed costumes for numerous films and television series, including *Oldboy* (2003), *Lady Vengeance* (2005), *The Host* (2006), *The Handmaiden* (2016), *Squid Game* (2021) and *No Other Choice* (2025). Her work frequently collaborates with directors such as Park Chan-wook.

*Sources: ign.com, imdb.com, hancinema.net, kf.or.kr.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *Oldboy* (2003), Fi1m 85, as Dae-su's Wife — [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)

### Crew (3) — the average rests on these

- *No Other Choice* (2025), Fi1m 78, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/no-other-choice.md)
- *Squid Game* (2021), Fi1m 81, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/squid-game.md)
- *The Handmaiden* (2016), Fi1m 85, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-handmaiden.md)

## Complete filmography (91)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Art of Sarah* (2026), series, Costume Design
- *Number One* (2026), Costume Design
- *Mantis* (2025), Costume Design
- *No Other Choice* (2025), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/no-other-choice.md)
- *Virus* (2025), Costume Design
- *The Match* (2025), Costume Design
- *Bogotá: City of the Lost* (2024), Costume Design
- *Uprising* (2024), Costume Design
- *Revolver* (2024), Costume Design
- *Troll Factory* (2024), Costume Design
- *Alienoid: Return to the Future* (2024), Costume Design
- *Hopeless* (2023), Costume Design
- *A Man of Reason* (2023), Costume Design
- *The Moon* (2023), Costume Designer
- *Faith* (2023), Costume Designer
- *JUNG_E* (2023), Costume Designer
- *Confession* (2022), Costume Design
- *Hunt* (2022), Costume Design
- *Alienoid* (2022), Costume Design
- *The Witch: Part 2. The Other One* (2022), Costume Design
- *The Sound of Magic* (2022), series, Costume Design
- *Grid* (2022), series, Costume Design
- *Special Delivery* (2022), Costume Design
- *My Name* (2021), series, Costume Design
- *Squid Game* (2021), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/squid-game.md)
- *Hard Hit* (2021), Costume Design
- *Seobok* (2021), Costume Design
- *Space Sweepers* (2021), Costume Design
- *Sweet Home* (2020), series, Costume Design
- *Peninsula* (2020), Costume Design
- *It's Okay to Not Be Okay* (2020), series, Costume Design
- *Innocence* (2020), Costume Design
- *Forbidden Dream* (2019), Costume Design
- *Ashfall* (2019), Costume Design
- *Bring Me Home* (2019), Costume Design
- *The Battle: Roar to Victory* (2019), Costume Design
- *Money* (2019), Costume Design
- *A Resistance* (2019), Costume Design
- *Svaha: The Sixth Finger* (2019), Costume Design
- *The Drug King* (2018), Costume Design
- *Rampant* (2018), Costume Designer
- *Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days* (2018), Costume Design
- *Illang: The Wolf Brigade* (2018), Costume Design
- *The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion* (2018), Costume Design
- *Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds* (2017), Costume Design
- *Steel Rain* (2017), Costume Design
- *The Fortress* (2017), Costume Design
- *V.I.P.* (2017), Costume Design
- *A Taxi Driver* (2017), Costume Design
- *Real* (2017), Costume Design
- *Fabricated City* (2017), Costume Design
- *The King* (2017), Costume Design
- *Asura: The City of Madness* (2016), Costume Design
- *The Age of Shadows* (2016), Costume Design
- *The Map Against the World* (2016), Costume Design
- *The Truth Beneath* (2016), Costume Design
- *The Handmaiden* (2016), Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-handmaiden.md)
- *Inside Men* (2015), Costume Design
- *Memories of the Sword* (2015), Costume Design
- *Veteran* (2015), Costume Design
- *The Royal Tailor* (2014), Costume Design
- *My Dictator* (2014), Costume Design
- *Kundo: Age of the Rampant* (2014), Costume Design
- *Mad Sad Bad* (2014), Costume Design
- *Picnic* (2014), Costume Design
- *Cold Eyes* (2013), Costume Design
- *New World* (2013), Costume Design
- *Man on the Edge* (2013), Costume Design
- *26 Years* (2012), Costume Design
- *The Concubine* (2012), Costume Design
- *As One* (2012), Costume Design
- *The Front Line* (2011), Costume Design
- *Late Autumn* (2011), Costume Design
- *Night Fishing* (2011), Costume Design
- *Café Noir* (2010), as Art Direction
- *Midnight FM* (2010), Costume Design
- *Thirst* (2009), Costume Designer
- *Modern Boy* (2008), Costume Design, Production Design
- *Like Father, Like Son* (2008), Costume Design
- *Hansel & Gretel* (2007), Costume Design
- *200 Pounds Beauty* (2006), Costume Design
- *I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK* (2006), Costume Design
- *Tazza: The High Rollers* (2006), Costume Design
- *The Host* (2006), Costume Design
- *The City of Violence* (2006), Costume Design
- *Lady Vengeance* (2005), Costume Design
- *Three... Extremes* (2004), Costume Design
- *Hypnotized* (2004), Costume Design
- *The Big Swindle* (2004), Costume Design
- *Oldboy* (2003), as Dae-su's Wife · Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)
- *No Blood No Tears* (2002), Costume Design

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