Socialphobia

This article is about the film. For the psychiatric condition, see Social phobia.
Socialphobia
Promotional poster
Hangul
소셜포비아
Directed byHong Seok-jae
Written byHong Seok-jae
Jo Seul-ye
Kwon O-rang
Koo Sung-mo
Produced byYu Yeong-sik
Choi Equan
StarringByun Yo-han
Lee Joo-seung
Ryu Jun-yeol
CinematographyLee Sung-joong
Edited byPark Min-seon
Music byKim Hae-won
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12)
Running time
102 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$1.8 million[1]

Socialphobia (Korean: 소셜포비아; RR: Sosyeolpobia) is a 2015 South Korean mystery thriller film starring Byun Yo-han, Lee Joo-seung, and Ryu Jun-yeol.[2] It was co-written and directed by Hong Seok-jae in his directorial debut, based on a real-life story that explores the social issues within internet culture among the Korean youth of the 21st century.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

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  3. ^ Kim, Hyun-soo (3 November 2014). "Director HONG Seok-jae of Socialphobia: "I became more negative about social networks"". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
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  5. ^ Lee, Ji-young (9 March 2015). "In Focus: Socialphobia". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  6. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (5 March 2015). "Socialphobia taps into dark side of Internet". Korea Joongang Daily. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  7. ^ "New Film Expected to Set Indie Box-Office Record". The Chosun Ilbo. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  8. ^ Lee, Yu-jin (31 March 2015). "SOCIALPHOBIA Number One at Alternative Box Office". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-10-14.