I like Director Hur Jin-ho's early films.

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I think Assassination is a flop that deserves criticism in terms of content,
but I do like Director Hur Jin-ho's
early works.
They are Christmas in August, Happy, and One Fine Spring Day, in that order.
I believe the works where he shows his outstanding capabilities
as a director are in the micro-scale domains,
such as romance between men and women or human relationships,
rather than macro-scale domains like history.
In Christmas in August, the scene where Han Suk-kyu,
knowing he is going to die, suddenly loses his temper
while teaching his father, Shin Goo, how to use the remote control,
makes me feel so much and brings me to tears every time I watch it.
In Happy, I also thought Hwang Jung-min, whose feelings of love
change craftily depending on his circumstances,
was a multi-dimensional character that will remain in Korean romance cinema.
One Fine Spring Day is also a masterpiece that everyone acknowledges.
Many people like A Hundred Yen Connection and Always,
but I considered that to be the beginning of Director Hur Jin-ho's decline.
There is nothing more to say about his films after that ㅠ
I don't know if it's because my sensitivity has run dry,
but I don't understand why he focuses on historical films like The Last Princess, Milgram, and Assassination, which he lacks the ability to execute well.
Now, because of Assassination, his image has become so biasedly fixed
that it will be difficult for any message he conveys in a film to be interpreted without ambiguity.