Underplayed Gems

A Dog's Courage (2018)

A Dog's Courage poster
Original title
언더독
Directed by
Oh Seong-yun
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
G
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A pack of abandoned dogs travel together to find a new home. The story follows their journey and the bond they form along the way.

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What happens

Underdog (Korean: 언더독; RR: Eondeodok) (alternatively labelled as A Dog's Courage) is a 2018 animated adventure film about the story of a pack of abandoned dogs who journeyed to find a new home. The film is directed by Lee Chun-baek and Oh Sung-yoon and stars Doh Kyung-soo, Park So-dam and Park Chul-min. It was released in theaters on January 16, 2019. The film opened the 22nd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in July 2018. Tickets for the film were sold out in 9 seconds, setting a record for the shortest time for an opening film at the BIFAN to be sold in such time. It was also chosen to be screened in North Korea as the first act of the South Korea-North Korea film exchange program. Underdog was featured in the Taiwanese Kaohsiung Film Festival in the Kids Fantasy section on October 20–21, 2018. In March 2019, Underdog was featured in Tokyo Anime Award Festival, being the first Korean film to do so. In June 2019, Underdog was featured in Annecy International Animated Film Festival, being the only Korean animation film out of eight to do so. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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