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Trailer and Poster for Upcoming Korean film “Parasite” by Bong Joon-ho

Quite possibly the Event of the Year for South Korean cinema, “”, the new film by internationally acclaimed director is eagerly anticipated by cinephiles across the world for a number of reasons. Not only does it see Bong return to his home country for the first time since 2009's “Mother”, after two successive international productions in “Snowpiercer” and “Okja”, it also sees him reunite with his favourite leading man . Well, today we have our first official look at the film with the film's poster and trailer being released.

Synopsis

While no official synopsis is out yet, the trailer seems to allude to the film commenting on the vast difference between the upper and lower class of South Korean society through the story of two families, one with Song Kang-ho as the father and his children portrayed by and , while the other affluent family portrayed by and .

Watch the trailer below:

The trailer shows off Bong's trademark dark humour as well as Hong Kyung-pyo's wonderful cinematography, who worked with Bong on both “Snowpiercer” as well as the haunting “Mother”. The film, called a “family tragicomedy” in the trailer, is expected to be participating at Cannes Film Festival, with a South Korean release some point later next month.

The marketing team of the film also released an intriguing poster for the film earlier today, which can be viewed here:

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Rhythm Zaveri

Hello, my name is Rhythm Zaveri. For as long as I can remember, I've been watching movies, but my introduction to Asian cinema was old rental VHS copies of Bruce Lee films and some Shaw Bros. martial arts extravaganzas. But my interest in the cinema of the region really deepened when I was at university and got access to a massive range of VHS and DVDs of classic Japanese and Chinese titles in the library, and there has been no turning back since.

An avid collector of physical media, I would say Korean cinema really is my first choice, but I'll watch anything that is south-east Asian. I started contributing to Asian Movie Pulse in 2018 to share my love for Asian cinema in the form of my writings.

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