Barking Dogs Never Bite

Running Time: 108 mins
Release Year: 2000
Director: Bong Joon-Ho

Cast: Lee Seong-Jae
Bae Doona

Synopsis

Barking Dogs Never Bite (also known as A Higher Animal and Dog of Flanders) is a South Korean dark comedy film released in 2000. It is also the directorial debut of Bong Joon-ho, who would later go on to direct Memories of Murder in 2003. Barking Dogs Never Bite tells the story of an out-of-work college professor who is irritated by the sound of barking dogs in his apartment building, and eventually resorts to abusing and kidnapping them. Meanwhile, a young woman working at the apartment complex decides to investigate the matter after she starts receiving notices from the tenants about the missing dogs.

The film has not been officially released in the United States or other English speaking territories, but the official Korean release on Region 3 DVD contains English subtitles.