Parasite
Parasite (Korean: 기생충; RR: Gisaengchung) is a 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the film with Han Jin-won. The film, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Park Myung-hoon, and Lee Jung-eun, follows a poor family who infiltrate the life of a wealthy family.
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| Written by | Bong Joon-ho
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| Music by | Jung Jae-il
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| Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo
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| Production company | Barunson E&A |
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| Running time | 132 minutes
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| Language | Korean
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![Parasite - Supertele Magazine Cover [Spain] (23 May 2020)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/l/c/lcb4dcydjc4xyc4l.jpg?skj2io4l)
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- In the movie, Ki-woo's forged certificate of enrollment shows it's supposedly from Yeonsei University, director Bong's alma mater.
- Song is the favorite actor of Director Bong. Song starred in Bong's 2006 flick "The Host." At the end of the The Host, Song kills creature of ill Korean socio-economic problem: After the creature killed his character's daughter by stabbing. At the end of Parasite, Song also stabs a knife through a creature of socio-economic enormity after his character's daughter was killed.
- French visa # 150985.
- Winner of 2019 Official Competition Prize at Sydney Film Festival.
- The biggest Korean box office hit of all time in Indonesia, with approx. 500,000 audiences (as of July 28, 2019).
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