A Werewolf Boy

A Werewolf Boy
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
늑대소년
Hanja
늑대少年
Literal meaningWolf Boy
Revised RomanizationNeukdaesonyeon
McCune–ReischauerNŭkdaesonyŏn
Directed byJo Sung-hee
Written byJo Sung-hee
Produced by
  • Kim Su-jin
  • Yu in-beom
  • Jeong Tae-seong
Starring
CinematographyChoi Sang-muk
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byShim Hyun-jung
Production
company
Bidangil Pictures
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release dates
  • September 11, 2012 (2012-09-11) (TIFF)
  • October 31, 2012 (2012-10-31) (South Korea)
Running time
122 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$46.3 million[1][2]

A Werewolf Boy (Korean: 늑대소년) is a 2012 South Korean fantasy romance film in which a beautiful teenage girl (Park Bo-young) is sent to a country house for her health, where she befriends and attempts to civilize a feral boy (Song Joong-ki) she discovers on the grounds—but the beast inside him is constantly waiting to burst out.[3][4][5]

Director Jo Sung-hee first wrote the script while studying at the Korean Academy of Film Arts and the script went through several rewrites before it was finalized in its current form. This is Jo's commercial debut; he previously directed the arthouse flick End of Animal and the short film Don't Step Out of the House.[6][7]

A Werewolf Boy had its world premiere in the "Contemporary World Cinema" section of the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival,[8][9][10][11] then screened at the 17th Busan International Film Festival before its theatrical release on October 31, 2012.[12][13] It quickly rose up the box office charts to become the most successful Korean melodrama of all time.[14]

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  6. ^ Lee, Claire (5 November 2012). "Director scores debut hit with coming-of-age beast tale". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
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  11. ^ Hong, Lucia (20 August 2012). "4 Korean movies to head on over to Toronto International Film Festival". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  12. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (26 September 2012). "BIFF to show Song Joong-ki's movie". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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