THE KING OF PIGS

By Sang-Ho YEUN

FILM FEST GENT - as DISTR Theatrical

Animation - Completed 2011


    • Year of production
    • 2011
    • Genres
    • Animation
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sang-Ho YEUN
    • Writer(s)
    • Sang-Ho YEUN
    • Producer(s)
    • Young-Kag CHO
    • Synopsis
    • HWANG Kyung-min, the thirties, on the verge of bankruptcy businessman and JUNG Jong-suk, a prospective writer were classmates at a middle school. After Kyung-min killed his wife, he found his classmate, Jong-suk in fifteen years. They talk about their school days, but they are hiding that they are in a difficult situation now.
      In their school days, there were class distinctions among students. Jong-suk and Kyung-min called rich and good students ‘dogs’ and called other students who were suffering and got the go-by in the class ‘pigs’.
      In that tired life, there were a lot of unfair and upset affairs, but Jong-suk and Kyung-min couldn’t resist ‘dogs’. One day, KIM Chul appeared in front of them, and he fought against ‘dogs’ with his own vicious temper and power. Jong-suk and Kyung-min believed that he was only hope who liberated them from that situation.
      Jong-suk and Kyung-min meet in fifteen years and talk about KIM Chul, their hero in school days. Fifteen years ago, what happened between them and their hero?