Padak

Padak (2012)

파닥파닥

Once you get in here, you are already dead.

A mackerel from the ocean attempts to escape from a restaurant aquarium tank before getting eaten.

Date of release
2012-07-25
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (37)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Animation, Drama, Thriller, Horror
Director
Lee Dae-hee

Casting

Interesting facts

Swimming to Sea is a 2012 South Korean adult animated musical psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Dae-Hee Lee. It stars Hyen-jee Kim, Young-jun Si, Young-mi Ahn, Kyeng-soo Hyen and Ho-san Lee. It premiered at the 2012 Jeonju International Film Festival, and was released on July 25, 2012 to South Korean theaters. It was later distributed on Steam on June 6, 2016 as Padak by the comic book publisher eigoMANGA.

Production

The movie was originally intended to be in 2D because the director believed they could not get the facial features right with 3D. However, it would take too long to do in 2D and he realized that 3D animation could get the desired results.

There were many completed scenes that were cut, the opening song sung by Padak in her original school and how she was caught.

Another cut song was a personal one from the Master, who would have sung while on the chopping block, cut just like the opening song for being unfitting in the narrative. The song can be seen on the channel and is available in the movie's official soundtrack, Padak Wild, produced by Yona.

There was supposed to be an additional scene after the Master escaped into the sea depicting Jooldom, Nollaemi, Bream, and Bar establishing a new cult, not unlike the one the Master once had, once a few more fishes are dropped into their tank, with riddles and other features. It was meant to further showcase the commentaries on human nature, but was cut due to time constraints.

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