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Burning

Burning

★ 7,4 /10 (1,922 Votes)
2018 KO 148 min

Overview

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

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Release date

17/05/2018

Votes

1,922

Popularity

6.5

The truth is all in your head.

Status

Released

Original title

버닝

Language

KO

Runtime

148 min

Budget

$7,280,000

Revenue

$6,591,038

Yoo Ah-in

Yoo Ah-in

Lee Jong-su

Steven Yeun

Steven Yeun

Ben

Jeon Jong-seo

Jeon Jong-seo

Shin Hae-mi

Kim Soo-kyung

Kim Soo-kyung

Yeon-ju

Choe Seung-ho

Choe Seung-ho

Lee Yong-seok

Moon Sung-keun

Moon Sung-keun

Lawyer

Min Bok-gi

Min Bok-gi

Judge

No photo

Lee Soo-jung

Prosecutor

Ban Hye-ra

Ban Hye-ra

Jong-su's mother

Cha Mi-kyung

Cha Mi-kyung

Hae-mi's mother

Lee Bong-ryeon

Lee Bong-ryeon

Hae-mi's Sister

No photo

Jeong Chang-ok

Village head

Park Seoung-tae

Park Seoung-tae

Landlady

No photo

Cho Young-joon

Young Jong-su

Lee Young-suk

Lee Young-suk

Store owner

No photo

Shin Yun-sook

Store owner's wife

No photo

Seo In-jung

Event manager

Bae Min-jung

Bae Min-jung

Narrator model

Jang Won-hyung

Jang Won-hyung

Won-hyeong

Hwang Eun-hoo

Hwang Eun-hoo

Eun-hoo

Kim Shin-rock

Kim Shin-rock

Shin-rok

Jeon Seok-chan

Jeon Seok-chan

Seok-chan

Ok Ja-yeon

Ok Ja-yeon

Ja-yeon

Yoon Dae-yeul

Yoon Dae-yeul

Dae-yeol

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Kim Na-yoon

Na-yoon

No photo

Lee Seung-ho

Seung-ho

No photo

Kim Jeong-eun

Jeong-eun

No photo

Lee Do-seong

Pantomime instructor

No photo

Choi Jeong-san

Pantomime member

No photo

Lee Tae-geon

Pantomime member

No photo

Lee Hyun-soo

Pantomime member

No photo

Kang Han-goo

Pantomime member

No photo

Lee Go-woon

Pantomime member

Jeong Da-yi

Jeong Da-yi

Pantomime member

No photo

Lee Chan-il

Priest

Park Hyo-geun

Park Hyo-geun

Old villager

Park Eun-byeol

Park Eun-byeol

Narrator model

No photo

Kim Min-ji

Narrator model

No photo

Kim Ji-hyun

Narrator model

Yoo Jeong-ho

Yoo Jeong-ho

Logistics center employee

No photo

Kim Hong-ki

Logistics center part-timer

Song Deok-ho

Song Deok-ho

Logistics center part-timer

No photo

Choi Sun-ho

Logistics center part-timer

No photo

Kim Geon-hee

Logistics center part-timer

No photo

Yoo Hye-seung

Logistics center part-timer

No photo

Ham Sun-il

Logistics center part-timer

No photo

Evangeline Buizon

Multicultural family mother

No photo

Kang Ga-ram

Multicultural family kid

No photo

Venus Avelino

Filipino woman

No photo

Brenda Gaetos

Filipino woman

No photo

Catherine Mendoza

Filipino woman

Lee Joong-ok

Lee Joong-ok

Patrolman

No photo

Lee Soon-bok

Ben's grandmother

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Eun Moon-gi

Ben's father

No photo

Im Yong-soon

Ben's mother

Bae Geon-sik

Bae Geon-sik

Ben's brother

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Cha Yun-mi

Ben's sister-in-law

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Bae Song-ha

Ben's nephew

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Bae Jun-hyeok

Ben's nephew

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Kim Myeong-ho

Judge

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You Xia

Airport China Guide

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Heo Hwan

Cattle dealer

No photo

Woo Jong-gyeong

Cattle dealer

Jo Yong-jun

Jo Yong-jun

Ben's Home security

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O Un-baek

Bus stop old man

No photo

Song Sang-min

Man Kissing in a Bar

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Jeon Ae-jin

Woman Kissing in a Bar

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Benn Chukwu Nwamadi

Foreign worker

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Akay Zenga Nkoni

Foreign worker

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Ijaz Muhammad Fazal

Foreign worker

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Athar Jameel

Foreign worker

Christian Lagahit

Christian Lagahit

Foreign worker

No photo

Ronel Buenviaje

Foreign worker

No photo

Park Sang-hyeok

Clubber

No photo

Jeon Hyun-soo

Clubber

No photo

Woo Tae

Clubber

Kim Hyun-woo

Kim Hyun-woo

Clubber

No photo

Lee Ah-young

Clubber

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Jo Soo-yeon-hwa

Clubber

No photo

Kim Ji-eun

Clubber

No photo

Layla

Clubber

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Kim Min-hee

Clubber

No photo

Kim Mi-rae

Clubber

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Yu Hyeon-ju

Anti-South Korean broadcasting (voice)

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Kim Choong-seong

Anti-South Korean broadcasting (voice)

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Stephen Campbell

Stephen Campbell

2019-07-14

⭐ 8

_**A slow-burning mystery about economics, class, and sexual jealousy. And cats.**_ > _For a long time, I've wanted to tell a story about young people, and in particular, the young people of this generation. Some of my past projects were named Project Rage. That was because it seems that today, people all over the world, regardless of their nationality, religion, and social status, are angry for different reasons. The rage of young people is a particularly pressing problem. The millennials living in Korea today will be the first generation that are worse off than their parents' generation._…

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2020-01-16

⭐ 8

Burning singes its psychological character study with a thrillingly igneous mystery. The cosmic fires of the sun. Its radiance encapsulating our world with warmth and tenderness. The perfect distance for sustainability. Equilibrium. Its rich beating rays corrupting the impressionable youth, granting life in the most deciduous souls. The Sun sets. And much like its vanishing point, the resonance of its warmth dissipates, only leaving numbing bitterness. Chang-Dong’s adaptation of Murakami’s ‘Barn Burning’ is an arresting piece of psychology. An ambiguous analysis perceiving the wealthy to em…

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