Prologue : In Search of the Heart I Love

1.
Saying you like what you like
Girls running, rolling, and screaming
Speak bravely even if you don't know
Flowers are always right
I will celebrate myself
That Taste Part 1
On days when I forget how to breathe

2.
That's how the adventure began
Good bread, bad bread, weird bread
summer sickness
I have no interest or talent in collecting.
Adam Stationery Store Man
That Taste Part 2

3.
Just to walk
Sunday cleaning time
I want to go to the mart
When I'm sad, I look at the constellations
I bought a new notebook.
Confessions of a Fool for His Nephew
On foot On foot

Epilogue : I may not be the only one who likes it

"Us" and "Our Home" director Yoon Ga-eun shares her memories of happiness.
Back then, we were passionate about small, warm, and slightly strange things.

Film director Yoon Ga-eun, who expressed the world of children with a delicate gaze in the films “Us” and “Our Home.”
〈Our House〉 became a hot topic when the filming notice titled “A word of advice to adults working with child actors” was made known.
Many people responded positively to the filming rules that require child actors to be treated with equal respect as professional actors.
The title of director Yoon Ga-eun's first collection of essays, "Hohoho," comes from something the author, who describes herself as "a person who is always ready to like anything," heard from a friend.

“Most people have their own likes and dislikes, right? But it seems like you have your own likes and dislikes.”

The author, who has many passions, looks back on the past and tells stories about the things he was passionate about.
When you hear stories about things he truly loved, such as movies, dramas, toys, stationery, flowers, and summer, you can feel his love for them.
The tribute to “something that truly comforted and made me laugh” also contains scenes from Yoon Ga-eun’s childhood, reminiscent of a scene from a movie.


『Hohoho』 consists of 3 parts and 17 chapters.
In Part 1, “Saying You Like What You Like,” Part 2, “That’s How the Adventure Began,” and Part 3, “Just to Walk,” you can encounter Yoon Ga-eun’s colorful memories, including memories of her childhood and stories from her younger days when she struggled to become a film director.


Yoon Ga-eun seems to be the type of person who puts 'happiness' in the best place in her drawer.
Take it out often, touch it, polish it, and show it to your friends.
In this drawer there are not only memories and positivity, but also worries and anxieties.
He even takes them out and lets them sit in the sun, and takes good care of them.
As if we couldn't know what happiness was without them.
I think I now know how the brilliant light, ample moisture, quietness and pleasant noise of his films came about.
Yoon Ga-eun is a passionate fan of small, warm, and slightly strange things.
He himself may be that kind of person.
If you like someone, you will start to resemble them.
Thanks to this book, we will become more like each other.
Kim So-young (author of "The World of Children")


“The experience of loving something is always precious and special.”
A special list that "comforted and made Yoon Ga-eun smile"

The author confesses that throughout his writing, he kept exclaiming, "I might be the only one who likes this, but it's not just me! Everyone has a little bit of this taste, right? Let's all enjoy whatever we like together!"
His writing exudes a tenacious sincerity and passion for what he loves, making the reader happy as well.


In the episode "Running, Rolling, and Screaming Girls," I recall the movie "Bring It On," which I loved a long time ago but had forgotten about.
“There haven’t been many works, before or since, that have portrayed ordinary girls running, rolling, and screaming so beautifully,” she said, regretting that she “pretended not to know about this film for over 10 years.”
In "I Have No Hobby or Talent for Collecting," he vividly expresses his anecdotes about searching through old stationery stores to collect classic stationery and toys, and his affection for the cheerful cartoons of artists Gil Chang-deok, Yoon Seung-un, Shin Mun-su, Park Su-dong, and Shin Young-sik, which were very popular in the 1960s to 1980s.

The episodes related to filming the movie are also interesting.
In "Summer Sickness," the author answers the frequently asked question, "Why are movies always set in summer?" and shares stories from his filmmaking career.
Although it wasn't my intention, I happened to shoot movies often in the summer, and I experienced firsthand the joys and hardships of summer filming.
He also tells the story of how the filming was wasted due to the unpredictable summer weather, and how the director of photography and the director struggled to capture the bright summer mood on camera during the continuous daytime sun-dip while filming “Us.”


Although he loves bread enough to be called a "bread lover" by everyone, the episode where he struggles because it doesn't suit his constitution is hilarious ("Good Bread, Bad Bread, Weird Bread").
In "That Taste Part 1" and "That Taste Part 2," you can check out a list of movies and dramas that the author particularly liked, including the worst dramas.
We can also see his human side in the stories where he likes karaoke, finds solace in his horoscope, and shows his doting side towards his nephew, and in the episode where he wanders around wondering about his future and then walks the Camino de Santiago.


For me, there has been no entertainment more exciting and thrilling than that.
Just watching people meet and part ways made my palms sweat and my heart pound.
It was a really interesting drama.
In the midst of difficult daily life events such as marriage, divorce, child rearing, and support, various incidents and accidents that exceeded all expectations and predictions unfolded endlessly.
No human being is simple, and no relationship is simple.
There was always something more.
After love comes sacrifice, after sacrifice comes betrayal, after betrayal comes revenge, and after revenge comes war.
And after the war… … all that remained was a cry into the air: “See you in four weeks.”
Ah, what on earth is life?
-Page 50


“The memories of that time still give me deep courage and strength.”
About our childhood, which we all experience anew.

As we follow the memories of things that director Yoon Ga-eun liked, we naturally encounter his childhood.
In "The Adam Stationery Store Man," which contains an episode reminiscent of a scene from a Yoon Ga-eun movie, we meet him as a child who stole something from a stationery store and feels guilty for disappointing the owner.
“Flowers are always right” contains touching memories related to flowers.
The dream-like description of a time when, as a child, I was in the grass with a heavy heart, and some older sisters I didn't know came to me and made me a ring out of a rabbit's crow, which comforted me.
The episode "I Will Celebrate" shows the quirky and cheerful side of young Yoon Ga-eun.
It's the story of a woman who was worried that her friends and family would forget her birthday and that she would have the most depressing birthday of her life, but then her dad came home from work that evening and brought her a wrapped trash can, thinking it was a gift for her and she was delighted.
After that, he vowed that he would celebrate his own birthday the most.

Not only the author's childhood but also the stories of the children he met are impressive.
In "I Want to Go to the Market," the author interviews a child about their feelings during the pandemic, and upon hearing that they want to go to the market, which they haven't been to in a while, realizes how much everyday happiness the children have lost due to the pandemic and feels sad.
In "Speak Bravely Even If You Don't Know," the author mentions children's slips of the tongue and says he wants to learn from the courage of children who try new words even if they don't know how to use them.


『Hohoho』 contains the diverse aspects of film director Yoon Ga-eun.
These are gems of life stories that readers who love his films and those who appreciate the purity of his work will enjoy sharing.

Even now, I still don't quite understand why.
Just looking at those things makes me feel good.
It also feels like going back to that time and experiencing childhood anew.
I feel like I'm reliving that time when everything seemed to flow more slowly and feel a little more affectionate.
Of course, it may be an emotion that can only be felt by someone who has passed through those times and has finally reached a safe place to reminisce.
Actually, surviving those times safely was by no means an easy task.
-Pages 102-103