The King of Pigs

110 minutes
The King of Pigs

After 15 years, Jong-suk and Kyung-min meet up to talk about their turbulent high school past. It brings up all kinds of dark memories.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2019

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The King of Pigs

The King of Pigs

  • Sang-ho Yeon
  • South Korea, 2011
  • 96 min.

Hwang Kyung-min, a businessman on the verge of bankruptcy, and Jung Jong-suk, a prospective writer, were classmates at a middle school. After Kyung-min kills his wife, he finds his classmate.
In their school days, there were class distinctions among students. Jong-suk and Kyung-min called the rich and good students ‘dogs’ and called other students, who were suffering and ignored in class ‘pigs’.
Yet, Jong-suk and Kyung-min couldn’t resist the ‘dogs’. One day, Kim Chul appeared, who fought against the ‘dogs’ with his own vicious temper and power. Jong-suk and Kyung-min believed that he was the only hope to liberate them.
When Jong-suk and Kyung-min meet fifteen years later, they talk about Kim Chul, the hero of their school days. Fifteen years ago, what happened between them and their hero?