Searching for the Elephant (2009)
Pen-teu-ha-woo-seu ko-kki-ri (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 24min
- Drama
- 05 Nov 2009 (South Korea)
- Movie
The film depicts the hollow lives of affluent thirty-something young urban professionals in Seoul. The protagonists are three childhood friends, each struggling with a compulsion: schizophrenia, sex addiction, and infidelity. The...
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Cast
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Cho Dong-hyuk | ... |
Min Suk
(as Dong-Hyuk Cho)
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| Jang Hyuk | ... |
Hyun-woo
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| Lee Sang-woo | ... |
Jun-hyuk
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| Lee Min-Jung | ... |
Su-yeon
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| Hwang Woo-seul-hye | ... |
Ma-ri
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| Park Soo-Jin | ... |
Ji-na
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| Byun Hee-Bong | ... |
Zoo official
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Jong-min Baek |
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Park Cho-rong | ... |
Passing woman
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Myeong-hee Go | ... |
Bartender
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Ji-hyeong Han | ... |
Nurse Lee
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Ji-hee In | ... |
Girl in large room 1
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Park Jin-woo | ... |
Department chief
(as Jin-wu Park)
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Su-hyeon Jo | ... |
Yoo-jin
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Dong-Kyun Kang | ... |
Security guard
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Kim Ki-ho | ... |
Photographer
(as Gi-ho Kim)
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Eun-soo Lee | ... |
Young Hyeon-woo
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Won-seok No | ... |
Room executive officer
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Hee-jeong Park | ... |
Girl in large room 2
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Hyeon-ah Shin | ... |
Surgery patient
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Jong-hoon Shin | ... |
Anchorman
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Soo-ji | ... |
Massage girl
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Sang-jeon Wu |
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Seol-hee Yun | ... |
Girl in uniform
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Directed by
| Seung-koo Jhung | ... | (as S.K. Jhung) |
Written by
| Seung-koo Jhung | ... | (written by) (as S.K. Jhung) |
Produced by
| Seung-koo Jhung | ... | producer (as S.K. Jhung) |
| Neung-yeon Joh | ... | producer |
Music by
| DJ Soulscape | ... | (as Park Min-june) |
Editorial Department
| Yong-gi Lee | ... | colorist |
Visual Effects by
| Hyungi Jeon | ... | fx artist (as Hyun-gi Jeon) |
| Sung-tae Kim | ... | vfx on-set supervisor |
| Oseong Kwon | ... | lead compositor: Mofac Studio |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Asian Crush (2010) (United States)
- Digital Media Rights (2010) (United States)
Special Effects
- Mofac (Visual Effects)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
The film depicts the hollow lives of affluent thirty-something young urban professionals in Seoul. The protagonists are three childhood friends, each struggling with a compulsion: schizophrenia, sex addiction, and infidelity. The revelation of their secrets exacerbates their sense of deprivation, and the three friends are inevitably led to a shocking finale when they learn that growing pains are not just distant memories of their youth. Written by Warsaw Film Festival |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | It was the last onscreen appearance by Jang Ja-yun, who committed suicide before the film's release. See more » |