The King of Pigs (2011)
돼지의 왕
A broken youth won't rest alone. Memories are beyond your imagination.
Two friends, Jung Jong-suk and Hwang Kyung-min, meet after several years and talk about their time in school, which left them scarred.
- Date of release
- 2011-11-03
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (85)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Animation, Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Director
- Yeon Sang-ho
Casting
- Yang Ik-june — Jung Jong-suk (voice)
- Oh Jung-se — Hwang Kyung-min (voice)
- Kim Hye-na — Kim Chul (voice)
- Park Hee-bon — Young Hwang Kyung-min (voice)
- Kim Kkob-bi — Young Jung Jong-suk / Female Karaoke Employee (voice)
- Jo Yeong-Bin — Kang-min (voice)
- Heo Ji-woong — Detective #1 (voice)
- Kyung-soon — Jong-suk's Mother (voice)
- Lee Don-yong — Kyeong-min's Father (voice)
- Han Hyeon-min — Ahn Jeong-hee (voice)
- Lee Jae Hyung — Son Seok-eung / Cheol-i's Father (voice)
- Han Yoon-seo — Jong-seok's Older Sister / Dog Owner (voice)
Interesting facts
The King of Pigs is a 2011 South Korean adult animated psychological thriller film directed by Yeon Sang-ho. It was Yeon's debut film, and was based on many of his former experiences in high school. The film was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first Korean film of its kind to be screened in Cannes. The film was highly polarizing, but was mostly praised for its realistic portrayal of bullying, violence, and systemic poverty and won three awards at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival.
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