Summary: A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend — a massive animal named Okja. Nancy agrees to the deal and has Jay and K arrested. That’s so cool. They have this look – I don’t know quite how to say it, but they are so relaxed and confident. There is an irony here; Korean education emphasizes a mastery of English, but with that comes a neurotic obsession with speaking English flawlessly, which is a hindrance to natural-sounding dialogue. He followed this up with a short, but memorable role as a truck driver in action-adventure film Confidential Assignment and Okja. "I think it’s a real challenge for a filmmaker to work with actors who are not speaking in their native language," says Darcy Paquet, who started the essential site koreanfilm.org in 1999 and now teaches at the Busan Asian Film School. TV-MA With their newest member Kim Woo-shik, a former driver for Mirando Corporation, they plan to disrupt a major meeting involving all of the Mirando shareholders. With this groundswell came the rise of homegrown directorial talent like Bong, Kim Ki-duk, Hong Sang-soo, and Park Chan-wook. Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano also starred together in Prisoners (2013). [6] On November 10, 2015 it was picked up by Netflix and Plan B Entertainment with a budget of $50 million, with production starting in late 2016 for release in 2017. Interview: Choi Wooshik on Joining the International Cast of OKJA. Even with my quibbles about its biggest stars, Okja is the most memorable film I’ve seen in a long while. [19], The film was released on Netflix on June 28, 2017. Jay beats K, and expels him from the ALF. In 2017, a young girl named Mija lives in South Korea with her grandfather and their super pig, Okja. Okja is taken to a laboratory where she is forcibly bred with another super pig and flesh is taken from her for a taste test. With a do-it-all big man and a talented guard already on the roster, the Wolves have the pieces to follow another West team’s blueprint and become a perennial playoff team. It was a short scene, but the whole scene that I had was involved in the action and the visual effects. It’s Steven Yeun — speaking English, Korean, and Konglish — who was the key to bridging the lingual gap. I was like, wow, that’s acting - that look. And Bong -- inside, I don’t think he’s Korean. Oh, thank you! 2 Instant Reaction, Could Anything Have Saved Quibi? [23], Okja was named as one of the New York Times's ten most influential films of the decade in November 2019. That’s perfect!” LMD: Tell us about the filming OKJA. That’s so cool. The actor who played the son [Woo-sik Choi], I actually worked with him on Okja. [7], Bong sought out Welsh author Jon Ronson to help with the script. At the very end of the credits at 1:58 is says Special Thanks to "Pedal Bike", 23 September 2020 Scott wrote, "Okja is a miracle of imagination and technique, and Okja insists, with abundant mischief and absolute sincerity, that she possesses a soul. It will be really hard work, and I’m ready to do that work, but it will be really hard. Nancy arrives and Mija offers the golden pig in exchange for Okja's life. You're... Frank Dawson makes a cup of coffee by dropping a Keurig k pod into espresso machine portafilter, instead of adding coffee grounds and tamping. Okja has some of that same flair, but the absurdity is more concentrated around certain characters (including a Korean truck driver who shows no concern when in the middle of a car chase), while the scenes involving Mija are more dramatic and heavy. As in JSA, the majority of English-speaking roles in Korean film over the past decade have only been means to a narrative end. To minimise the PR damage to the company, Lucy pays for Mija to come to New York to be reunited with her pig. [23], Okja was named as one of the New York Times's ten most influential films of the decade in November 2019. That list shouldn’t overlook a much smaller turn by Choi Woo-shik — who grew up in both Vancouver and Korea — as a Mirando Corporation Korean truck driver. there was zero reason why that scene had to be there. Writers: Bong Joon-ho, Jon Ronson. [20], Several independent theatres in South Korea screened the film to much success, with earnings totalling 2.3 billion KRW ($2.1 million USD) from 300,953 tickets sold. Back in the countryside, Mija resumes her life with her grandfather, Okja, and the new piglet. I'm Lucy, Lucy Mirando, of the Mirando Corporation. Bong wrote the entire story for Okja, but also enlisted Welsh journalist and screenwriter Jon Ronson to help develop lines for the English-speaking characters. "I think Director Bong is one of a few, if maybe not the only person that could have pulled something like this off," says Yeun. So, he was just telling me about the agencies and management. Mija chases down the truck but it is intercepted by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Okja is an uncommon achievement for a variety of reasons: the technical acuity of Bong’s filmmaking, the allegorical rebuke of the food industry, the film’s unorthodox streaming release, and the kickass force of nature that is Mija. There’s been some controversy about Okja after its debut at Cannes and I want to touch on that for a second. "I remember watching it and thinking," says Yeun, "‘Dude, I’m in the best seat for this movie.’". Prior to that, censorship rules and sparse financing had thwarted Korea’s efforts to build an internationally recognized film industry. 8. [4][5] It was released on Netflix on June 28, 2017. Please SUBSCRIBE Comment Video Suggestions Like and Share our Videos To Support our Channel Love you all!!! [8], Principal photography began on April 22, 2016 in Seoul, South Korea. Swinton also plays Nancy Mirando, Lucy's twin sister, the cruel former CEO of the Mirando Corporation. I wrote the script with him already in mind. An international co-production of South Korea and the United States, it stars an ensemble cast headed by South Korean child actress Ahn Seo-hyun, South Korean actors Byun Hee-bong, Yoon Je-moon, and Choi Woo-shik, and Hollywood actors Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Shirley Henderson, Daniel Henshall, Devon Bostick, Giancarlo Esposito, and Jake Gyllenhaal. In a post-credits scene, Jay is released from prison and gets on board a bus with K and the other members of the organization.

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