Alive
6.7
You earn as much as you work, and you live off that money. This simple proposition has always been a problem for Jung-cheol. At the soybean paste factory he went to work for in the bitter winter, he dreams of travelling to warm Philippines in spring - as long as he survives the winter making his portion of the soybean paste that he promised the boss. But the more he struggles to live, the worse it gets. And soon, the fermentation room turns musty with the black mold spreading from the thousands of ferment boiled soybean lumps.
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Cast
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Park Jung-bum
Jung-cheol
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Lee Seung-yeon
Su-yeon
Known for
Taxi Driver
Breathless
Park Myung-hoon
Myeong-hoon
Known for
Crash Landing on You
Parasite
Park Hee-bon
Known for
Happiness
Fated to Love You
Lee Na-ra
Jin-yeong
Known for
Hierarchy
Friendly Rivalry
Shin Haet-bit
Hana
Also in
Young Adult Matters
Joo Young-ho
Jin-sung
Known for
Masquerade
The Classified File
Park Jung-bum Director · Park In-young Composer Kim Jong-sun Cinematographer
First release May 4, 2014 · Produced in South Korea · Production Jeonju International Film Festival, LiTTLE BiG PiCTURES
Production
Opus Pictures
Production
Jeonju International Film Festival
Production
LiTTLE BiG PiCTURES
Production
Secondwind Film
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South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original title
산다
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · May 4, 2014
Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
South Korea · May 21, 2015
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 7, 2014 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Switzerland
August 13, 2014 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
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