← KoreaAPI · verifiable K-culture data

The King of Pigs 돼지의 왕

About

The King of Pigs (Korean: 돼지의 왕; RR: Dwaejiui wang) is a 2011 South Korean adult animated psychological thriller film directed by Yeon Sang-ho. It was Yeon's debut film, and was based on many of his former experiences in high school. The film was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first Korean film of its kind to be screened in Cannes. The film was highly polarizing, but was mostly praised for its realistic portrayal of bullying, violence, and systemic poverty and won three awards at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival.

Description via Wikipedia (lead extract) · name cross-verified Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Verified facts

The King of Pigs (돼지의 왕) — verified Korean animation.

Details

• Genre: thriller, crime
• Title: The King of Pigs
• Korean Title: 돼지의 왕
• Released: 2011
• Director: Yeon Sang-ho
• Origin: South Korean
• Release Year: 2011
• Country: 대한민국
• Type: 실화를 바탕으로 한

Q&A — what agents ask

Cross-checked by 3 source(s) · ✓✓✓ triple-verified

• Wikidata — structured open knowledge base · view ↗
• Wikipedia — encyclopedic article · view ↗
• TMDB — film/TV community database

Verification history

Verified & tracked since 2026-08-15 · 91 verified snapshots.

Append-only, timestamped — the record of WHEN a fact changed, which a latecomer cannot backfill. Full feed: /changes.json · machine-readable: get_history("animation:thekingofpigs").

Verified badge

Embed it — the badge shows this entity’s verification tier + Skill Score and links back here (a “via KoreaAPI” citation):

<a href="https://aiagentlabs.co.kr/artist/thekingofpigs.html"><img src="https://aiagentlabs.co.kr/badge/thekingofpigs.svg" alt="Verified by KoreaAPI"></a>

[![Verified by KoreaAPI](https://aiagentlabs.co.kr/badge/thekingofpigs.svg)](https://aiagentlabs.co.kr/artist/thekingofpigs.html)