Okja

Okja

Movie |

Zoologist | New York City

  • Duration: 2h 2min
  • Music: Choi Tae-young,Jung Jae-il,Park Jong-geun,Kim Byung-in
  • Award(s): AFCA 2018 (Won)
    Golden Carp Film - Korean And Japanese 2018 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Nimona, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  • Story:
    A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
    Full Story
7.3/10
IMDb

Okja - Where to Stream?

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Okja - Cast

Okja - Crew

STORY AND RATINGS

Story
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
Ratings

7.3/10

IMDb

AWARDS

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Won
AFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018

Golden Trailer Award

Best Independent Poster | 2018

EMA Award

Feature Film | 2017

FIPRESCI Award

2017 | Bong

Halfway Award

Best Visual Effects | 2017

NCFCA Award

Best Foreign Language Film | 2018

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Nominations
Golden Carp Film - Korean And Japanese Award

Best Production Design | 2018

Best Visual And Sound Effects | 2018

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | 2018 | Tilda

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 2018 | Paul

Best New Performer | 2018 | Ahn

Best Cinematography | 2018 | Darius

Best Achievement in Directing | 2018 | Bong

Golden Trailer Award

Most Original Poster | 2018

Best Foreign TV Spot | 2018

OFTA Film Award

Best Movie Poster | 2018

INOCA Award

Best Visual Effects | 2018 | Erik De

Saturn Award

Best Presentation on Television | 2018

Evening Standard British Film Award

Best Supporting Actress | 2018 | Tilda

IGN Award

Best SciFiFantasy Movie | 2017

WFCC Award

Best Young Actress | 2017 | Ahn

PCC Award

Best Science Fiction Film | 2017

ACCA Award

Best Visual Effects | 2017

NTFCA Award

Best Supporting Actress | 2017 | Tilda

Halfway Award

Best Sound Editing | 2017

Best Supporting Actress | 2017 | Tilda

BOX OFFICE

Budget 50,000,000 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

The Animal Liberation Front is actually a real organization that strives to free captured animals while economicaly harming 'big companies' that profit from the abuse.

Okja's face design was modeled after a manatee.

There is a deliberate mistranslation of the English subtitles when K, played by Steven Yeun, is about to jump out of the truck at the beginning. According to the subtitles, his parting words to Mija are "Mija! Try learning English. It opens new doors!" What he actually says in Korean is "Mija! Also, my name is Koo Soon-bum." It's a flagrant mistranslation - but one that would only be apparent to those who can speak both languages. Moreover, the mistranslation is a clever subversion of the supremacy of English. The subtitle is a command to learn English - something every Korean student has heard throughout their life. But to actually understand what K is saying, you would have to know Korean. There's an added layer of comedy to the name itself, which has the whiff of the old country about it: "Koo Soon-bum" is sort of like a white man saying his name is "Buford Attaway." As Yeun said in an interview, "When he says 'Koo Soon-bum,' it's funny to you if you're Korean, because that's a dumb name. There's no way to translate that. That's like, the comedy drop-off, the chasm between countries."

When the movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, the audience began to boo when the Netflix's title card was shown in the opening credits, they then followed up by showing the first 10 minutes of the film in the wrong ratio causing more booing. The film was played again from the beginning with even louder boos when the Netflix's title card was shown for the second time.

During the New York parade scene, Tilda Swinton wears a traditional Korean dress called "Han Bok". Korean Han Bok are usually very colorful with red, blue and other bright colors, but Swinton's matches her limited two-color palette.

Popular Dialogues

"Jay: Translations are sacred."

"Jay: He still hasn't eaten anything? Blond: No, he's, uh... still trying to leave the smallest footprint on the planet that he can. Silver: All food production is exploitative. Blond: Try this. Silver: Mmm-mmm. Blond: Come on. It's just a tomato. Silver: Ripened in ethylene gas. Transported in trucks. Jay: I admire your conviction, Silver, but your pallid complexion concerns me."

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