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KWANG LEE, AN ETHNIC KOREAN CHINESE, IS NOW LIVING IN KOREA AS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT. HE MAKES A LIVING BY STEALING DOGS FROM ANIMAL SHELTERS, SELLING THEM TO BUTCHERS. BUT WHEN HE ADOPTS A BIG GOLDEN RETRIEVER NAMED BORI, THE TWO DEVELOP A SPECIAL BOND.

A SHORT FILM I SHOT IN SEOUL AS A CINEMATOGRAPHER FOR SOUTH KOREAN DIRECTOR JOO HWAN KIM.

CINEMATOGRAPHER

NILS CLAUSS

PRODUCTION

A JOO HWAN KIM PRODUCTION, PRESENTED BY HONEY M CONNECTION

VIDEO


SCREENSHOTS


Kwang Lee, an ethnic Korean Chinese homeless immigrant in Seoul, cleans himself naked in a public bathroom sink, stripped to his bare bones.
Kwang Lee, an ethnic Korean Chinese living in Seoul, Korea as a homeless illegal immigrant, gets himself clean in a sink of a public bathroom.
Kwang Lee, an ethnic Korean Chinese homeless immigrant in Seoul, sits with a golden retriever at the base of subway stairs, illuminated by a streetlight.
Kwang Lee, an ethnic Korean Chinese homeless immigrant in Seoul, at the base of subway stairs where he slept, being woken up and beaten by thugs
Kwang Lee, an ethnic Korean Chinese homeless immigrant in Seoul, sleeping at the base of subway stairs in the film Retriever by director Joo-Hwan Kim.
Kwang Lee, an ethnic Korean Chinese homeless immigrant in Seoul, tries to sell his golden retriever to a dog butcher to survive.
Kwang Lee, an ethnic Korean Chinese homeless immigrant in Seoul, negotiates with a dog butcher to sell his golden retriever for survival.
Kwang Lee, an ethnic Korean Chinese homeless immigrant in Seoul, unknowingly feeds his golden retriever Nutella, unaware of what’s to come.
Kwang Lee, an ethnic Korean Chinese homeless immigrant in Seoul, kneels on a subway staircase with his golden retriever, begging for money.
Kwang Lee, an ethnic Korean Chinese homeless immigrant in Seoul, sleeps on the cold stone ground with his golden retriever, illuminated by a streetlight.

WRITER, DIRECTOR

JOO HWAN KIM

CAST

SUN YONG MOON, MIN LEE, SUNG WON SHIN, SOO IN LEE, SE MI LIM, MAX

PRODUCER

JOON WOO LEE

CINEMATOGRAPHER 


NILS CLAUSS

GAFFER

DAE YEON CHO

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

JAE WOOK JUNG | STYLERUSH

RECORDING BY

YOON JAE LEE

MAKE UP, HAIR

YU IM KIM

COSTUMES

SANG EUN KIM

MUSIC

JIN HO JUNG | BLUE TONES

SOUND MIXER

YONG O CHOI

STUNT DIRECTOR

SE YOUNG OH, JOON SUNG KIM | TRIPLE A

DIT

HEE DAE CHO | ALGORITHM

EDITOR

YUN AE KIM

SPECIAL EFFECTS

JANG PYO HONG | EFFECT STORM

STILL PHOTOGRAPHER 


HEE CHAN RA

POSTER

SO YUN JEON | STUDIO 706

LINE PRODUCER

JIN GYU KIM

ACCOUNTANT

DO HEE LEE

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

JAE WOOK JUNG

PRODUCTION MANAGERS

HOON HWI CHO, HAN SOL BANG

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 


SEOK HOON BOO

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

HA NEUL KIM

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

BO KYUNG KIM, GUN CHOI

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

ALBERT KIM, HYUN JUNG SHIN, DO HYUN UM

CAMERA CREW

SUNG IL LEE, JOON HA PARK

CAMERA PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

ALAN CHUNG

LIGHTING CREW

IL JI JANG, JAE YOON SHIN, SUN JIN KIM, GI WON KIM

ELECTRICIAN

YOUNG HA KIM

KEY GRIP

CHUNG GI LEE

BOOM OPERATOR

WON GYUNG JANG

ART DIRECTOR

MI RAN KIM

SET DECORATOR

DONG MIN CHOI, HEY YOUNG YOO

ASSISTANT HAIR, MAKE UP

CHAN MI KIM

PROPS SUPPORT

KI HWAN KIM

DATA MANAGERS

HYUNG JU CHO, SUN BIN JUNG

CASTING DIRECTOR

IK SOO CHOI

WRANGLER

SUNG CHAN KANG | WOW PET


FOR FURTHER INFO VISIT

JOO HWAN KIM

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