Birdcage Inn

Acid-trippy *Lost in Translation* meets *Parasite*. A weary sex worker trades neon for salty tides at a family-run motel. Her odd-couple bond with the innkeeper’s teen spawn unfolds in stolen glances and shared cigarettes, scoring a quiet redemption that hangs like cheap motel art.

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Kim Ki-duk directed Birdcage Inn in 1998. See Kim Ki-duk's full filmography, where to start with Kim Ki-duk, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kim Ki-duk.

Birdcage Inn was released in 1998 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 101 minutes.