Save the Green Planet! (2003)

Original title

지구를 지켜라!

Directed by

Jang Joon-hwan

Genre

comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

19

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 243 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man kidnaps a pharmaceutical executive because he believes the executive is an alien. He holds him captive to try to save the planet from an imagined invasion.

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What happens

Save the Green Planet! (Korean: 지구를 지켜라!; RR: Jigureul jikyeora!) is a 2003 South Korean science fiction black comedy film written and directed by Jang Joon-hwan. The plot follows a young man, Lee Byeong-gu, as he kidnaps Kang Man-shik, an executive of a major pharmaceutical corporation, who Byeong-gu believes to be an alien. The film was released on 4 April 2003. An English-language remake, Bugonia, was released in the United States on October 24, 2025. Jang was set to direct, but was replaced by the Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos due to health concerns. He was credited as executive producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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