The King of Pigs

Seoul. A rainy night. Cigarette smoke. Childhood friends Jong-suk and Kyung-min meet in a dive bar. Their talk soon turns to middle school. Hazing, class hierarchies, and a mythic classmate called "King of Pigs." A bleak animated vision akin to Satoshi Kon's work.

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Yeon Sang-ho directed The King of Pigs in 2011. See Yeon Sang-ho's full filmography, where to start with Yeon Sang-ho, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yeon Sang-ho.

The King of Pigs was released in 2011 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.