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Okja (/ ˈ oʊ k dʒ ə /; Korean: 옥자) is a 2017 science-fantasy action-adventure film directed by Bong Joon-ho with a screenplay by Bong and Jon Ronson from a story by Bong. The film is about a young girl who raised a genetically modified "super pig" (the titular Okja), and, after she is taken to the United States, goes on a mission to rescue her from mistreatment at the hands of the meat ...
Director Bong Joon-ho turned vegan after visiting a slaughterhouse before making “Okja,” but it lasted only two months. “I live in South Korea,” he said. “Korea is BBQ paradise.”
Jun 28, 2017 · The new movie by Korean director Bong Joon-ho, Okja, looks at a world in which food is in short supply, and ponders how our relationship with animals will alter. It tells the story of a pig-like creature who is snatched from its young owner, Mija (Ahn Seo-hyun), by Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton), the head of a nefarious corporation.
Okja interview: Bong Joon-ho on GM foods, his chaotic mindscape, and the Netflix controversy ... “If you consider it, even the protagonist Mija – her favourite food is chicken stew in the film ...
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Jun 28, 2017 · The heroine is a South Korean farm girl named Mija (An Seo-hyn), an orphan who lives with her grandfather Heebong (Byun Hee-bong) in a mountainous stretch of rainforest. Her constant companion is the title character, Okja, a pig with the rounded snout and leathery skin of a hippopotamus, a soft pink belly, and trusting eyes.
Jul 5, 2022 · What could be a relatively simple story—a young girl, Mija (An Seo Hyun), is separated from her “superpig” best friend, Okja, and sets out to get her back—becomes an odyssey, taking Mija and Okja from the Korean countryside to New York City (yes, George Miller’s 1998 Babe: Pig in the City served as an inspiration) and embroiling the pair with both the dubious Mirando Corporation and ...
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Jun 28, 2017 · The first act of Bong Joon-ho’s wonderful film Okja, available Wednesday on Netflix (and screening in theaters in limited release), is delightfully bucolic. It follows Mija and her gargantuan ...
