| Barking Dogs Never Bite | |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 플란다스의 개 |
| Revised Romanization | Peullandaseu-ui Gae (Flanders-ui Gae) |
| McCune–Reischauer | P'ŭllandasŭ-ŭi Gae (Flanders-ui Gae) |
| Directed by | Bong Joon-ho |
| Written by | Bong Joon-ho Song Ji-ho Derek Son Tae-woong |
| Produced by | Cha Seung-jae |
| Starring | Lee Sung-jae Bae Doona |
| Cinematography | Jo Yong-gyu |
| Edited by | Lee Eun-soo |
| Music by | Jo Seong-woo |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Barking Dogs Never Bite (Korean: 플란다스의 개, also known as A Higher Animal and Dog of Flanders) is a 2000 South Korean independent dark comedy film directed and co-written by Bong Joon-ho in his directorial debut. The film's Korean title is satirically named after the 1872 novel A Dog of Flanders, a European pet story that is very popular in parts of East Asia.
Barking Dogs Never Bite stars Lee Sung-jae as an out-of-work college professor who is irritated by the sound of barking dogs in his apartment building and resorts to kidnapping and killing them. Meanwhile, a young woman who works at the apartment complex (played by Bae Doona) decides to investigate the matter after she starts receiving notices from tenants about the missing dogs.