- Bong Joon Ho’s South Korean film Parasite originally premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
- The thriller focuses on a give-and-take relationship between the Kim and Park families, built under false pretenses.
- Hulu recently added the film to its streaming library.
Director Bong Joon Ho’s thriller Parasite shone at the 92nd Academy Awards, racking up a total of four Oscars before the night was over. Most notably, it became the first foreign-language movie to win Best Picture.
Since making its debut in the spring of 2019, the South Korean film has also picked up awards at the Cannes Film Festival, Golden Globe Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to two wins at the BAFTAs. Not to mention, viewers everywhere can't stop raving about it.
"Just back from watching Parasite. Amazing movie. I'm no buff but best I've seen this past year," one person tweeted. "Wow parasite was mind blowing!! i’m gonna need a couple days to process how good it was," another person declared.
But what exactly is Parasite about?
Parasite follows the Kim family struggling to make ends meet until son Ki-woo comes across an unexpected opportunity. With no experience teaching English, he decides to accept a job tutoring Da-hye, a daughter from the wealthy Park family. And thus, a mission ensues for the entire Kim family to infiltrate the lavish household.
One by one, each family member secures a job under the guise that they’re vaguely connected through mutual contacts. And although the two families eventually settle into a give-and-take relationship of servitude and riches, there is an unforeseen parasite that threatens to destroy it all by exposing the truth.
Who is the cast of Parasite?
The two-hour movie features a total of 12 cast members with the majority of them portraying the Kim and Park family, listed below respectively. The supporting characters become instrumental in the dark comedy, as viewers figure out later on.
- Song Kang-ho (father, Kim Ki-taek)
- Jang Hye-jin (mother, Kim Chung-sook)
- Choi Woo-shik (son, Kim Ki-woo a.k.a. Kevin)
- Park So-dam (daughter, Kim Ki-jeong a.k.a. Jessica)
- Lee Sun-kyun (father, Park Dong-ik)
- Cho Yeo-jeong (mother, Choi Yeon-gyo)
- Jung Hyeon-jun (son, Park Da-song)
- Jung Ji-so (daughter, Park Da-hye)
- Lee Jung-eun (the housekeeper, Gook Moon-gwang)
- Park Myung-hoon (the housekeeper’s husband, Geun-sae)
- Park Geun-rok (the chauffeur, Yoon)
- Park Seo-joon (Min-hyuk)
How can I watch and stream Parasite?
You can watch Parasite with English subtitles right at home on Amazon Prime, Google Play, YouTube, and Vudu.
Most recently, Hulu added the film to their streaming library as well. You can start a free, month-long trial by clicking here. When the trial runs out, you can keep your subscription going for $5.99 a month.
