Chaw (film)
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Cinematography | Kim Yung-chul |
Edited by | Choi Jae-geun |
Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
Production company | Soo Jack Films |
Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment Finecut[2] |
Release date |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$7 million |
Box office | US$10.8 million |
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Plot
The quiet town of Sammaeri near
Cast
- Uhm Tae-woong as Police officer Kim Kang-soo
- Jung Yu-mias Byun Soo-ryun
- Jang Hang-sun as Chun Il-man
- Yoon Je-moon as Baek Man-bae
- Park Hyuk-kwon as Detective Shin
- Kim Gi-cheon as Village chief
- Lee Sang-hee as Head of village police
- Go Seo-hee as Deok-gu's "mom"
- Park Hye-jin as Kim's mother
- Heo Yeon-hwa as Mi-young, Kim's wife
- Jung Yoon-min as Officer Park
- Ha Sung-kwang as Soo-ryun's researcher seonbae
- Jo Moon-yi as President Kwak
- Park Chang-ik as Deok-gu
- Kong Ho-seok as Old Man in mountain cabin
- Ha Yoo-yi as Choon-hwa, Il-man's granddaughter
- Moon Jong-hun as Police officer
- Nam Sang-baek as Resident 1
- Jung Jae-sung as Resident 2
- Kwon Bum-taek as Pathologist
- Kwon Oh-jin as Cemetery owner
- Choi Won-young as Prosecutor
Production
Director Shin Jung-won said his film adopted a typical Hollywood B movie monster narrative to tackle environmental issues, particularly the serious destruction inflicted on Korea's ecology.[9] He said Korea had never had a film dealing with real-life killer creatures like Razorback , Alligator and Anaconda and was "intrigued by the idea of a familiar animal attacking and killing humans and wanted to create something out of this unexpectedness. But most of all, I wanted something funny and unique."[6]
After filming in Seoul, the production crew and the main actors flew to the United States to shoot special effects scenes. The shooting lasted for 40 days in San Francisco. Misunderstandings in interpreting the nuance of a scene or dialogue sometimes arose between the U.S. special effects team and Korean actors due to different cultural backgrounds, but Uhm said, "after the shooting was over, we formed a strong team spirit, as if we battled together in a war."[9]
It took three years and ₩3 billion to design and realize via animatronics, stuntmen with costumes, and CG ― provided by the creative team Polygon Entertainment and Stareast Digital Lab led by Hans Uhlig and Erik Jensen ― a mutated, super-sized pig that develops a taste for human flesh.[10]
Release
Chaw was screened
References
- ^ "Chaw". Finecut. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Patrick Frater, Han Sunhee (7 September 2008). "Fine Cut to serve up Shin's Chaw". Variety. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "차우". Daum.
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- ^ Elley, Derek (30 July 2009). "Chaw". Variety. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Yonhap. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-won (9 July 2009). "Chaw Explores Omnivore's Nightmare". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Kim, Kyu Hyun. "Chaw". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ a b Yang, Sung-jin (17 June 2009). "Korea's new B-movie star: a CGI pig". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-18.[permanent dead link]
- Twitch Film. 20 September 2009. Archived from the originalon July 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
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- ^ D'Sa, Nigel (9 July 2009). "Chaw to be Unleashed July 16". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Chaw at the Korean Movie Database
- Chaw at IMDb
- Chaw at HanCinema