---
name: "Yang Hong-sam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yang-hong-sam"
fi1m_id: "yang-hong-sam"
imdb_id: "nm1218380"
tmdb_id: 1981616
roles: ["Set decoration"]
born: "9 March 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T04:36:47.034878+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."
---

# Yang Hong-sam

## Identity

Yang Hong-sam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yang-hong-sam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yang-hong-sam
- **IMDb ID:** nm1218380
- **TMDB ID:** 1981616
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1218380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1981616

Set decoration. Born 9 March 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Set decoration
- **Born:** 9 March 1971
- **Active:** 2003–2010
- **Also known as:** 양홍삼, Ян Хон-сам
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 88 (2), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Crime 2, Action 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $87m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1218380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1981616

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Man from Nowhere*](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Yang Hong-sam is a South Korean production designer and art director. He began his career in set decoration on films including *Oldboy* (2003), *Memories of Murder* (2003) and *The Host* (2006).

He moved into production design with *The Man from Nowhere* (2010) and has since worked on titles such as *Confession of Murder* (2012), *No Tears for the Dead* (2014), *Steel Rain* (2017), *The Negotiation* (2018) and *Vigilante* (2023). He was born on 9 March 1971.

*Sources: imdb.com, mydramalist.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Man from Nowhere* (2010), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md)
- *Memories of Murder* (2003), Fi1m 91, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-murder.md)
- *Oldboy* (2003), Fi1m 85, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Forbidden Fairytale* (2025), Production Design, Set Decoration
- *About Family* (2024), Production Design
- *Dog Days* (2024), Production Design
- *Vigilante* (2023), series, as Art Direction
- *The Devil's Deal* (2023), Production Design
- *Marui Video* (2023), as Art Direction · Production Design, Set Designer
- *Hero* (2022), Production Design
- *Pawn* (2020), Production Design
- *Steel Rain 2: Summit* (2020), Production Design
- *Ordinary People* (2018), Production Design
- *The Negotiation* (2018), Production Design
- *High Society* (2018), Production Design
- *Steel Rain* (2017), Production Design
- *The Swindlers* (2017), Production Design
- *The Truth Beneath* (2016), as Set Decoration
- *The Tenor - Lirico Spinto* (2014), as Set Decoration
- *No Tears for the Dead* (2014), Production Design
- *Mr. Go* (2013), Production Design
- *Horror Stories 2* (2013), Production Design
- *My Paparotti* (2013), Production Design
- *Confession of Murder* (2012), Production Design
- *Perfect Number* (2012), Production Design
- *The Metamorphosis* (2012), Production Design
- *Mr. XXX-Kisser* (2012), as Set Decoration
- *Pacemaker* (2012), as Set Decoration
- *Couples* (2011), Production Design
- *Countdown* (2011), Production Design
- *Midnight FM* (2010), Production Design
- *A Better Tomorrow* (2010), Production Design
- *The Man from Nowhere* (2010), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-from-nowhere.md)
- *Bestseller* (2010), Production Design
- *Take Off* (2009), Production Design
- *If You Were Me 4* (2009), Production Design
- *Dachimawa Lee* (2008), Production Design
- *Happiness* (2007), Production Design
- *Tazza: The High Rollers* (2006), Production Design
- *The Host* (2006), as Set Decoration
- *Over the Border* (2006), Production Design
- *Blood Rain* (2005), as Art Direction
- *The Ghost* (2004), Production Design
- *Dance with the Wind* (2004), Production Design
- *Oldboy* (2003), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)
- *Memories of Murder* (2003), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-murder.md)

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