Beasts of Prey

{{Short description|1985 film}}

{{Infobox film

|name = Beasts of Prey

|image = Beasts of Prey.jpg

|caption = Poster for Beasts of Prey (1985)

|director = Kim Ki-young{{cite web|url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/03819|title=Carnivorous Animal (Yugsigdongmul) (1985)|accessdate=2021-07-05|publisher=Korean Movie Database (KMDb)}}

|producer = Jeong Do-hwan

|writer = Kim Ki-young

|starring = Kim Sung-kyom
No Gyeong-sin

|music = Han Sang-ki

|cinematography = Joo Hong-shik

|editing = Hyeon Dong-chun

|distributor = Shin Han Films

|released = {{Film date|1985|3|23}}

|runtime = 105 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean

|native_name = {{Infobox Korean film name/auto|hangul=^육식동물|hanja=肉食動物}}

}}

Beasts of Prey ({{Korean|hangul=육식동물}}), also known as Carnivore and Carnivorous Animals, is a 1985 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.

Plot

A social drama about a man with an inferiority complex to his wife. When he seeks consolation in an extramarital affair, his mistress and wife conspire to set up a plan for sharing him.

Cast

  • Kim Sung-kyom
  • No Gyeong-sin
  • Chung Jae-soon
  • Kim Seong-geun
  • Han U-ri
  • Yang Hui-ran
  • Eom Sim-jeong
  • Bae Gyu-bin
  • Choe Il
  • Yeo Jae-ha

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/LSH.htm|title=Language of Artifice and Exaggeration: Carnivore|accessdate=2008-01-21|last=Lee|first=Sun-hwa|publisher=The House of Kim Ki-young|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014003628/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/LSH.htm|archivedate=2004-10-14|url-status=dead}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/LYI.htm|title=Carnivore: Male Masochism as Frustration and the Abject in the Imaginary|accessdate=2008-01-21|last=Lee|first=Youn-Yi|publisher=[The House of Kim Ki-young]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040505193427/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/LYI.htm|archivedate=2004-05-05|url-status=dead}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/PJY.htm|title=Gothic Imagination in Carnivore and The Housemaid|accessdate=2008-01-21|last=Park|first=Jiye|publisher=The House of Kim Ki-young|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031210001723/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/PJY.htm|archivedate=2003-12-10|url-status=dead}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/SCH.htm|title=A Study of the Images of Women in Kim Ki-young's Films: Woman of Fire, Numi, and Carnivore|accessdate=2008-01-21|last=Sin|first=Chang-Heui|publisher=The House of Kim Ki-young|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031209005153/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/SCH.htm|archivedate=2003-12-09|url-status=dead}}