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Barking Dogs Never Bite stars Lee Sung-jae as an out-of-work college professor who is irritated by the sound of barking dogs in his apartment building and resorts to kidnapping and killing them.
- Jo Seong-woo
- Bong Joon-ho
- Cha Seung-jae
Feb 19, 2000 · A disconnected and bored college lecturer and a bookkeeper are linked by a missing dog in a South Korean apartment block. The film explores the disconnections of urban life and the mundane events that disrupt it.
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- Comedy
- Bong Joon Ho
- 2000-02-19
Sep 17, 2020 · B ong Joon-ho’s black-comic satire Barking Dogs Never Bite has been re-released after 20 years, and in many ways it could be seen as a thematic forerunner to his Oscar-winning hit...
- 1 min
- Peter Bradshaw
A frustrated academic (Lee Sung-jae) tries to silence the barking dogs in his apartment building, but his actions lead to unexpected consequences. The film is a dark and wry satire on modern behaviorism, with a 88% Tomatometer and a 76% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Lee Sung-Jae, Bae Doo-Na, Byun Hee-Bong
- Bong Joon Ho
- Comedy
Feb 19, 2000 · A film about the lives and crimes of the residents of an apartment building in Seoul, where a lecturer kidnaps and kills a barking dog in the basement. The title is a play on the phrase "barking dogs never bite", meaning that something is not as bad as it seems.
In Bong Joon-ho's directorial debut, Barking Dogs Never Bite, an unemployed grad student with an expectant wife is driven to distraction by a yapping dog somewhere in his large apartment complex.
