Barking Dogs Never Bite

Barking Dogs Never Bite
Promotional release poster
Korean name
Hangul
플란다스의 개
Revised RomanizationPeullandaseu-ui Gae (Flanders-ui Gae)
McCune–ReischauerP'ŭllandasŭ-ŭi Gae (Flanders-ui Gae)
Directed byBong Joon-ho
Written byBong Joon-ho
Song Ji-ho
Derek Son Tae-woong
Produced byCha Seung-jae
StarringLee Sung-jae
Bae Doona
CinematographyJo Yong-gyu
Edited byLee Eun-soo
Music byJo Seong-woo
Distributed byCinema Service
Release date
  • February 19, 2000 (2000-02-19)
Running time
106 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

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.


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