Parasite
| Genre | Thriller/Comedy (film) |
| Runtime | 2 hour 12 minutes |
| Director | Bong Joon-ho |
| Writer | Bong Joon Ho Jin Won Han |
| Stars | Song Kang-ho Lee Sun-kyun Cho Yeo-jeong Choi Woo-shik Park So-dam Lee Jung-eun Jang Hye-jin |
| Music By | Jung Jae-il |
| Release Date | 30 May 2019 |
| Country | South Korea |
| Official website | N/A |
Ratings
| IMDB | 8.6/10 | ★★★★★★★★☆☆ |
| Rotten tomatoes | 99 % | ★★★★★★★★★★ |
Description
The movie is produced by Kwak Sin-ae, Moon Yang-kwon, Bong Yok-cho, and Jang Young-hwan. It is distributed by CJ Entertainment. Barunson E&A is the movies’ production company.
Plot
The thriller comedy movie showcases a poor family, the Kims, tricking their way into becoming the servants of a rich family, the Parks. But their easy life gets complicated when their deception is threatened with exposure.
Cast & Crew
| Song Kang-ho | as | Kim Ki-taek |
| Choi Woo-shik | as | Kim Ki-woo |
| Park So-dam | as | Kim Ki-jung |
| Jang Hye-jin | as | Park Chung-sook |
| Lee Sun-kyun | as | Park Dong-ik |
| Cho Yeo-jeong | as | Choi Yeon-gyo |
| Jung Ji-so | as | Park Da-hye |
| Jung Hyeon-jun | as | Park Da-song |
| Lee Jung-eun | as | Gook Moon-gwang |
| Park Myung-hoon | as | Oh Geun-sae |
| Park Seo-joon | as | Min-hyuk |
Facts
• It is the first South Korean film to receive any Academy Award Nominations. |
| • Initially the writter-director conceived the film as a play, but the first line itself got him thinking about the camera positions. At the exact moment, he realized that he had to do this as a film. |
• The whole movie is filmed just in 77 days. |
• Not many know that the first song of the closing credits is written by director Bong Joon Ho himself and sung by lead actor Woo-sik Choi. |
| • It is the first film not in the English language to win the Oscar for Best Picture. |
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