Underdog (2018 film)
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Underdog (Korean: 언더독; RR: Eondeodog) (alternatively labelled A Dog's Courage) is a 2018 South Korean animated film about the story of abandoned dogs. 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.[2][3][4][5]
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Directed by | Oh Sung-yoon Lee Chun-baek |
Screenplay by | Oh Sung-yoon |
Produced by | Oh Sung-yoon Choi Yoon-kyung |
Starring | Doh Kyung-soo Park So-dam Park Chul-min |
Music by | Lee Ji-soo |
Production company | Odoltogi |
Distributed by | NEW Mango Films |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$7 million[1] |
The film opened the 22nd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in July 2018.[6][7] 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.[8] It was also chosen to be screened in North Korea as the first act of the South Korea-North Korea film exchange program.[9][10]
Underdog was featured in the Taiwanese Kaohsiung Film Festival in the Kids Fantasy section on October 20–21, 2018.[11]
In March, 2019, Underdog was featured in Tokyo Anime Award Festival, being the first Korean film to do so.[12] In June 2019, Underdog was featured in Annecy International Animated Film Festival, being the only Korean animation film out of eight to do so.[13]