hidden wealth

His films obsessively explore class divisions and the hidden wealth gaps that trap characters in cycles of poverty and desperation, most notably in Parasite and Snowpiercer.

He documents how systemic poverty masks the hidden wealth of institutions and the privileged, revealing the invisible fortunes built on the backs of working-class struggle.

His visually opulent films explore hidden emotional and spiritual wealth beneath neon-soaked urban decay, suggesting that true richness exists in longing, memory, and fleeting human connection rather than material possessions.