Parasite Kisaengch'ung
2020
Blu-ray
Two families in Seoul, one barely scraping by in a dank semi-basement in a low-lying neighborhood, the other living in luxury in a modern architectural marvel overlooking the city, find themselves on a collision course that will lay bare the dark contradictions of capitalism with shocking ferocity.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781681437767
Edition: Director-approved two-Blu-ray special edition.
Description:
- 2 videodiscs (131 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches.
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby Atmos
- wide screen
- HDTV
- video file
- Blu-ray video
- region A
Target Audience Note:
- Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
- MPAA rating: R; for language, some violence and sexual content.
Other Title:
- Kisaengch'ung
- Kisaengch'ung (Motion picture) [Blu-ray].
Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
- Special features: New audio commentary featuring Bong and Tony Rayns; black and white version of the film with a new introduction by Bong; new conversation between Bong and Darcy Paquet; new interviews with Hong, Le Ha jun and Yang Jinmo; new program about the New Korean Cinema movement; Cannes Film Festival press conference from 2019; master class featuring Bong form the 2019 Lumière Festival in Lyon, France; storyboard comparison; trailers; essay by Inkoo Kang.
- Title from container.
- Director of photography, Hong Kyung Pyo ; production designer, Lee Ha Jun ; music by Jung Jae Il ; edited by Yang Jinmo.
- Song Kang Ho, Lee Sun Kyun, Cho Yeo Jeong, Choi Woo Shik, Park So Dam, Lee Jung Eun, Chang Hyae Jin, Park Myung Hoon,.
- Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Atmos.
- For private home use only.
- Audio tracks in Korean, with optional subtitles in English.
Contents:
- Disc 1. Parasite (DVD).
- Disc 2. Bonus disc (DVD).
Publisher or Distributor Number:
- CC3194BD
- CC3194BD
- 13481860
Control Number: 3013075
UPC:
- 715515252614
- 715515252614
Series:
Subjects:
- Deception -- Fiction.
- Families -- Korea (South) -- Fiction.
- Household employees -- Korea (South) -- Fiction.
- Rich people -- Korea (South) -- Fiction.
- Social classes -- Korea (South) -- Fiction.
- Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.
- Unemployed -- Korea (South) -- Fiction.
Genre:
- Dark comedy films.
- Feature films.
- Fiction.
- Foreign films.
- Motion pictures, Korean.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings.
Other Authors:
- CJ Ent'ŏt'einmŏnt'ŭ (Firm), presenter.
- Ch'oe, U-sik, 1990- actor.
- Cho, Yŏ-jŏng, 1981- actor.
- Chŏng, Chae-il, 1982- composer (expression)
- Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
- Han, Jin-wŏn, screenwriter.
- Hong, Kyŏng-p'yo, 1962- director of photography.
- Kwak, Sin-ae, 1968- film producer.
- Mun, Yang-gwŏn, film producer.
- Neon (Firm), presenter.
- Pak, So-dam, 1991- actor.
- Parŭnson (Firm), production company.
- Pong, Chun-ho, 1969- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
- Song, Kang-ho, 1967- actor.
- Yang, Jin-mo, editor of moving image work.
- Yi, Ha-jun, production designer.
- Yi, Sŏn-gyun, 1975-2023, actor.