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Wild Animals (1997)

Wild Animals poster
Original title
야생동물 보호구역
Directed by
Kim Ki-duk
Genre
crime film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
18
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two Korean men in Paris get involved with a local criminal gang. They struggle with violence and cultural displacement as they try to survive.

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What happens

Wild Animals (Korean: 야생동물 보호구역; RR: Yasaengdongmul bohoguyeok) is Korean director Kim Ki-duk's second film, released in 1997. It is a crime-drama film set in Paris, and stars Cho Jae-hyun, Dong-jik Jang and Ryun Jang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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