The King of Pigs (2011) on Netflix
NR20111h 37mAnimationDramaThriller
Hwang Kyung-min's business has gone bankrupt, so he looks up Jung Jong-suk, a middle school classmate he has not seen in fifteen years. Both keep their present lives to themselves.
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- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb6.7/102,015 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes74%
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Plot summary
Jung Jong-suk ghostwrites another person's autobiography while dreaming of a novel of his own. His old middle school classmate Hwang Kyung-min, thirty-something and recently bankrupt, seeks him out, and the two meet for the first time in fifteen years. Each hides his current situation from the other. Their talk returns to their middle school days, when students are ranked by wealth, grades and stature. The two of them sit at the bottom and are named pigs. The ruling class, the dogs, bullies them. Then Kim Chul appears, a King of Pigs, and Kyung-min and Jong-suk come to rely on him.
Cast
- Jo Yeong-Binas Kang-min (voice)
- Lee Don-yongas Kyeong-min's Father (voice)
- Han Hyeon-minas Ahn Jeong-hee (voice)
- Lee Jae Hyungas Son Seok-eung / Cheol-i's Father (voice)
- Han Yoon-seoas Jong-seok's Older Sister / Dog Owner (voice)
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- Lee Soo-hyeonas Park Chan-yeong (voice)
- Kim Sung-hyunas Gym Teacher (voice)
- Jang Hyo-jinas Record Shop Owner (voice)
- Lee Joo-yeongas Cheol-i's Mother (voice)
- Choi Gyoo-seokas Detective #2 (voice)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The King of Pigs (2011)
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- Yeon Sang-ho's The King of Pigs was selected for the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first Korean film of its kind to be screened at Cannes.
- The King of Pigs was made for just $150,000, a figure cited as proof that quality animation is still possible on a modest budget.
- The King of Pigs was the first adult animated film produced in South Korea; together with Leafie, A Hen into the Wild, released the same year, it was credited with increasing the animation industry's legitimacy.
- On 12 April 2021, KoreanScreen ranked The King of Pigs 71st in its list of the 100 Greatest Korean Films Ever, a poll of 158 international critics from 28 countries that contained no other animated film.
