A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 14 nominations
Ahn Seo-hyun
- Mija
- (as An Seo Hyun)
Byun Hee-Bong
- Hee Bong
- (as Byun Heebong)
Yun Je-mun
- Mundo Park
- (as Yoon Je Moon)
Choi Woo-sik
- Kim
- (as Woo Shik Choi)
Lee Bong-ryun
- Receptionist
- (as Bongryun Lee)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe Animal Liberation Front is actually a real organization that strives to free captured animals while economicaly harming 'big companies' that profit from the abuse.
- GoofsThere is a mistranslation on the English subtitles when K played by Steven Yeun is about to jump out of the truck. According to the subtitles, his parting words to Mija are "Mija! Try learning English. It opens new doors!" What he actually says is "Mija! Also, my name is Koo Soon-bum." It's a flagrant mistranslation - but one that would only be apparent to those who can speak both languages. Moreover, the mistranslation is a clever subversion of the supremacy of English. The subtitle is a command to learn English - something that every Korean student has heard throughout her life - but to actually understand what K is saying, you would have to know Korean. There's an added layer of comedy to the name itself, which has the whiff of the old country about it: "Koo Soon-bum" is sort of like a white man saying his name is "Buford Attaway." As Yeun said in an interview, "When he says 'Koo Soon-bum,' it's funny to you if you're Korean, because that's a dumb name. There's no way to translate that. That's like, the comedy drop-off, the chasm between countries."
- Crazy creditsThere is a post-credit scene.
- SoundtracksHarvest For The World
Written by Ernie Isley (as E. Isley), Marvin Isley (as M. Isley), O'Kelly Isley (as O. Isley), Ronald Isley (as R. Isley), Rudolph Isley (as R. Isley), Chris Jasper (as C. Jasper)
Performed by The Isley Brothers
Courtesy of Epic Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Featured review
I expected this to be a certain type of film. To my surprise, it actually turned out to be quite more daring than I would have expected. It takes some ambitious turns in its story and in its execution that I really appreciated its willingness to not just settle for sentimental family entertainment. I also think its case has a lot of fun with the whole thing. Jake Gyllenhaal and especially Tilda Swinton make the most of their eccentric characters and give us some really fun turns. We knew the latter had that in her, but it's great to see Gyllenhaal really letting go. Overall, this isn't an amazing film but it's definitely one that is worth watching, if for those unexpected moments that rise above.
- Red_Identity
- Jun 29, 2017
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- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Siêu Lợn Okja
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $2,049,823
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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