Father Is a Dog (2010)

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Avg Rating: 4.1 / 5. Voted: 49

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AKA: A-beo-ji-neun Gae-da
Directed by: Lee Sang-woo
Starring: Kwan Bum-tack (Father), Lee Si-ho (Oldest brother), Lee Tae-rim (Gwang-soo), Kim Hun (Gwang-yeol)
Country: South Korea; Effed Up Asian Films
Language: Korean; Effed Up Korean Cinema
Runtime: 01:34:30
Genres: Siblings-Family, Domestic Abuse, Gay, Misery-Depressing-Mental Illness, Old-Young

Plot – Spoilers:
Three brothers in a Korean family miss their recently deceased mother badly. The feeling is accentuated by their tyrannical father who treats them like shit. One of the brothers is retarded and wears a helmet which is often useful when he gets smacked on the head. Another is an artist who mostly couldn’t give a shit about anything other than his painting needs. The oldest brother is the one keeping things together, and his protective instincts towards his brothers often blurs any option they might have to make it outside of the shadow of their father.

Things get worse when it turns out Dad has a young male lover whom he brings home to dote and fuss over. The young man is high for a while on the attention, but soon learns that cruelty cannot be selective and is often a latent trait.

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redsora
redsora
November 17, 2023 7:10 pm

l love this movie

Doll Face Dōrufeisu
Doll Face Dōrufeisu
August 23, 2023 6:02 am

I laughed at some parts until an overwhelming flatness encapsulated me, making it difficult to prevent the stinging of tears from forming. It’s touching, upsetting, and yet so provoking. Lee Sang-woo directs with coercive and sui generis parabolicism.

Dr Chopper
Dr Chopper
May 23, 2023 11:12 am

Excellent.. possibly my fav out of the three… It’s deeply sad and yes bloody funny in parts too.
But like a Asian Mike Leigh film.. pretty bleak but hey that’s like innit.

Again some top performances from some truly magnificent Korean talent.
The music score like in I am trash is also great… A sort of Francophile unexpected piece. Proper cinema for proper film heads

Shinzengumi
Shinzengumi
April 18, 2023 3:47 pm

I loved this one. I found it hilarious throughout. There was genuine shock towards the climax as they descend deeper in fatalism. There was a tear or two as well. Perfect film.

leo :3
leo :3
January 23, 2023 4:59 pm

well that was certainly …. a movie ig … wtf did i just watch

meddleroidz
meddleroidz
December 30, 2022 6:53 am

fucked up movie with no plot, i like that shit. the japs and koreans are good at it! life isnt as rosy as portrayed by newer hollywood garbage movies. fred fat is a skinny fucktard, hey freddy how’s your bench press kid, still stuck on 135? pussy…lol sissy

fred fat
fred fat
Reply to  meddleroidz
December 30, 2022 10:20 pm

its hard to bench press when im being sucked off by ur mom

fred fat
fred fat
December 29, 2022 8:09 pm

do they eat father?

Euronymous
Euronymous
Reply to  fred fat
January 2, 2023 7:44 am

Why? Got time on your hands after you finish your dad off nightly? Jizz bucket

Bad asian movie
Bad asian movie
December 29, 2022 1:33 pm

Father Is a Dog and Mother is a Whore. Koreans are so disgusting and unethical, must really suck to live in Korea.

fred fat
fred fat
Reply to  Bad asian movie
December 30, 2022 7:58 pm

its okay to be upset on the two movies they made about your parents

Zed Man
Zed Man
December 28, 2022 9:36 am

Is ” Father is a dog ” in anyway related to the ”Mother is a whore ” movie?

Shane Morris
Shane Morris
Reply to  Zed Man
December 28, 2022 1:25 pm

Same Director I think mate

fred fat
fred fat
Reply to  Zed Man
December 30, 2022 6:18 pm

no its your mother is a cunt movie

Zed Man is retard
Zed Man is retard
Reply to  Zed Man
December 30, 2022 9:14 pm

Same Director. He is apparently filming a new one called “Son is a Retard”. Maybe you could apply for the lead role???!!!

Zed Man
Zed Man
Reply to  Zed Man is retard
December 30, 2022 11:59 pm

Ah, here we go! Another pencil neck moron fuckwit looking for attention. Go back to the rock you crawled from under and let the adults talk.

Zed Man is retard
Zed Man is retard
Reply to  Zed Man
January 9, 2023 9:02 am

No need to project your shit onto me, sir. I’m not the one who’s too fucking lazy to spend at least five seconds skimming the details of the two films only to end up asking a moronic question. Perhaps its you who should grow up.

Zed Man
Zed Man
Reply to  Zed Man is retard
January 9, 2023 9:49 am

Perhaps you should stop using my name in a derogatory way and use your own username. Perhaps you should suck my knob. Perhaps you should top yourself or perhaps I can do it for you. Perhaps you should hold onto your mothers skirt so you dont cry about your miserable life. Or perhaps stfu.

Zed Man is retard
Zed Man is retard
Reply to  Zed Man
January 9, 2023 11:42 am

I seem to be upsetting you badly, so perhaps I’ll fix my last remark: grow the fuck up.

kimmo saabe
kimmo saabe
Reply to  Zed Man is retard
January 9, 2023 12:36 pm

Well that escalated quickly

Lmao
Lmao
Reply to  Zed Man is retard
April 29, 2023 1:20 am

Not you telling others to grow up when you’re literally acting like a child. You make an entire username to degrade someone, yet they’re the immature one? Lmao you have issues

William
William
Reply to  Lmao
May 20, 2023 8:50 pm

Are you really that dumb to not see that the guy is a troll?

ssiopeia
ssiopeia
Reply to  Zed Man is retard
January 13, 2023 12:39 am

you two should just kiss atp

Dilligaf
Dilligaf
Reply to  Zed Man
January 13, 2023 2:46 pm

You should considering stop commenting. Or changing your avatar and start from scratch. You are a fucking pathetic looser and nobody, please remember, NOBODY here likes you. And please don’t have kids

AnOldboy
AnOldboy
Reply to  Dilligaf
August 23, 2023 1:42 am

Said the maggot who doesn’t know how to spell ‘Loser’ Lmfao. Nobody here likes assholes who don’t have original monikers… Btw dickhead, “You should considering” makes no sense you little spastic troll

Badmoviejoe
Badmoviejoe
December 26, 2022 9:35 am

Damn, this family really hates each other.

Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Reply to  Badmoviejoe
December 26, 2022 4:22 pm

The brothers looked out for each other. They all hated the dad. If “Damn, this family really hates each other” is all you got out of the film, you must be a brain dead fucking idiot (which is what I already thought before you wrote this comment). Have a nice day, you fucking moron.

Badmoviejoe
Badmoviejoe
Reply to  Ted Nugent
December 29, 2022 3:40 am

Why do you care? Id say go get a GF but we know you cant do that. Anytime i come here. youre all over the site talking shit with weak ass trolls. 100k times on a single movie. To keep it short, get friends before youre the next mass shooter fucking loser.

Chuck
Chuck
Reply to  Badmoviejoe
January 20, 2023 2:35 pm

And you’re all over the site talking shit about trolls as if you actually know them, yet you let a weak ass troll like Ted Nugent get the better of you.

Well done, asswipe.

TrU3Ta1ent
TrU3Ta1ent
Reply to  Badmoviejoe
December 26, 2022 5:53 pm

Ratio

Badmoviejoe
Badmoviejoe
Reply to  TrU3Ta1ent
December 29, 2022 3:37 am

I have 5 likes 2 dislikes i dont think you know what that word means.

Flaming nostalgia
Flaming nostalgia
Reply to  Badmoviejoe
December 29, 2022 4:13 am

It means you like feeding the pavlovian dogs kibble and some of those dogs can not live without it.

Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Reply to  Badmoviejoe
December 29, 2022 10:56 am

Congrats on the likes you fuckin sperm gurgling jizz fountain & what girlfriend do you have basement boy? Just your Ma after she brings you a warm milk & hot pocket every night,after of course she’s satisfied my demands,you can blow me too badboy bubby or whatever the fuck you call yourself,you fuckin melt

Badmoviejoe
Badmoviejoe
Reply to  Ted Nugent
December 29, 2022 11:45 am

I am a fag, I have a boyfriend and not a girlfriend. I suck his cock every morning and play with his jizz

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
December 26, 2022 3:46 am

This movie is a prime example of why I avoid Asian Cinema. I decided to watch it after reading “I was looking for it everywhere” and 4 viewers gave it a 5 star rating. About half way through I had to take a nap because it was so boring. I find it difficult to engage in Asian Cinema because 99 out of 100 times I just don’t care about the characters. The music seemed inappropriate at times. I guess this is supposed to be a comedy? I don’t get it. I thought it sucked the same way I think Yoko Ono sucks, no matter how much John praised her talent. I have seen some good Asian movies but they are few and far between. This one seems like a low budget, poorly written, poorly acted amatuer production. The grand finale seems to mock the viewer for watching it with it’s stupid ending that went on way too long. You can give it 5 stars and watch it multiple times if you want to. I’m giving it 1 star and I can guarantee I will never watch it again.

Snooty but no sweeps
Snooty but no sweeps
Reply to  Old Mother Hubbard
December 26, 2022 5:32 am

Sweeping statement but I expect it is the sentimentality in these films that is hard for you in a cultural sense. They lay in on thick even if they are buggering young boys in the visual. However there are plenty of films that I have enjoyed so here are four that might help you get unstuck.
..Hana-Bi, 1997.. it is however sentimental.
..Gate of Flesh, 1964 .. best cow theft ever.
..Citixen Dog, 2004.. who does not enjoy frotting on a bus.
..Attack the Gas Station, 1999.. Korean, no butt fucking but plenty of social angst.

meddleroidz
meddleroidz
Reply to  Snooty but no sweeps
December 30, 2022 6:57 am

Failan is a great korean movie anyone should watch.

Hala
Hala
Reply to  Old Mother Hubbard
December 26, 2022 5:52 am

Well then, go and watch Hollywood/Disney movies – they cater to people of your level. Korean cinema is in a class of its own. And that class excludes individuals like you.

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Reply to  Hala
December 26, 2022 7:00 am

Like I said, if you think this movie is good watch it again and again if you want to. If low budget movies with piss poor acting and really stupid plots is on your level watch as many Asian movies as you can. And to the comment above yours, like I said, there are some good ones but they are few and far between.

Boxing Day Rants
Boxing Day Rants
Reply to  Old Mother Hubbard
December 26, 2022 7:23 am

You could say that about the 2022 output of films around the world. There were some that were watchable but in reality it was a very dross year.
The palm-door was given to a complete fucking travesty of a film. ..Triangle of Sadness.. I watched the whole fucking film and it did not improve in any way. Even the end was a cop-out.
Then yesterday ..Matilda the musical.. was available and I lasted 5 minutes. They have dug up the corpse of R. Dahl and fucked his sockets with that one.
Now I could list 100s of asian films old and new that are worthy of watching but I chose four that may have been of interest. I expect in reality there are 1000s that I have never heard of and I expect there are 1000s you do not know about.
I do know that world cinema produces at lot more shit than gold because that is its business model and when it comes to piss poor films the US is tops by a long, long way.

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Reply to  Boxing Day Rants
December 26, 2022 7:43 am

From my experience on here, almost every Asian film I’ve watched has had weak acting and idiotic plots. There may be 10 thousand to 100 thousand Asian films but I don’t have time to watch them all. Most of the Asian films on here are garbage. Yes, there are many movies that suck, but from my experience on here, I have not had much luck finding any good Asian films (I thought “Hope” was very well made). This particular movie “Father Is A Dog” I thought sucked eggs big time. If you have watched this film I’d like to know what you thought of it. I thought it really, really sucked and, like I said, 4 viewers gave it a 5 star rating before I watched it. My opinion will not change on this film. It was poorly acted and produced and it gives Asian Cinema a bad name. Anyone that would rate this 5 stars is either involved in the making of the film or just flat out likes shitty movies.

ssiopeia
ssiopeia
Reply to  Old Mother Hubbard
December 26, 2022 8:12 pm

And that’s your problem, that you’re only watching the movies here and probably choosing very poorly. This movie isn’t for you and that’s okay, but maybe don’t bring down all Asian cinema. Not all America cinema is great, so blanket statements like “All Asian cinema sucks” is wrong.

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Reply to  Boxing Day Rants
December 26, 2022 8:46 am

Crickets – Hala and Boxing Day Rants haven’t even seen the movie. Typical. You don’t have to. I watched it for you. Don’t bother. It totally sucks, just like EVERY SINGLE ASIAN MOVIE EVER MADE!!!

Badmoviejoe
Badmoviejoe
Reply to  Old Mother Hubbard
December 26, 2022 9:41 am

You don’t need to write an essay.

Wathel Herness
Wathel Herness
Reply to  Old Mother Hubbard
December 26, 2022 4:55 pm

It’s obvious you have no class in Asian or any other foreign cinema, generalising Asian movies as “low budget and piss poor acting”. Go and watch some high budgeted but poorly written Marvel movies then as they appeal to knuckle dragging mouthbreathing retards like you, fucking bumpkin.

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Reply to  Wathel Herness
December 26, 2022 5:52 pm

I know I’m right when people start using personal insults. I’m just stating the obvious. Asian Cinema sucks. From now on I will avoid all Asian Cinema. If you like piss poor acting, stupid scripts and lousy production watch Asian Cinema. Oh, by the way, what did you think of “Father Is A Dog,” you know, the movie you wrote a comment on? You haven’t watched it? That’s what I thought. You don’t even watch the movies on here. You just come here to write asshole comments. Fuck off.

Bobselectrics
Bobselectrics
Reply to  Old Mother Hubbard
December 26, 2022 11:31 pm

Reading back to this whole tantrum and you literally have the thought process of a child that ate a carrot once, didn’t like it, and now claims that all vegetables suck and are bad, are you a child?

Bobselectrics
Bobselectrics
Reply to  Bobselectrics
December 26, 2022 11:37 pm

Also, I think it’s incredibly stupid and bad to close yourself to something completely because you didn’t enjoy a couple of things about it, it’s like saying you will avoid all food because you got food poisoning once or twice sounds stupid right? well it is, your comments could well be used with a lot of things and they are all equally stupid, I have watched a ton of really bad American films but I am not closing myself to them or avoiding them because of it, it’s just stupid and useless

Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Reply to  Wathel Herness
December 27, 2022 3:13 am

Have some fried rice & a spring roll & fuck up you crying,moaning cunt

cuteprincesscunt56
cuteprincesscunt56
Reply to  Ted Nugent
December 28, 2022 6:54 am

Ted Nugent go and eat some nutting chicken nuggets with your fat pot belly and go fuck yourself telling people to eat rice go and fucking touch your own grass sir because we are enjoying big rice you fucking fat ass cunt moaning chicken nuggets cunt Ted nugent get the fuck out with your godamn lame ass comments because your comments are a fucking shithole get a fucking life u piece of shit good luck crying and moaning and being a shitting cunt gm u motherfucking cunt asshole crybaby wawawawA

Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Reply to  cuteprincesscunt56
December 28, 2022 1:23 pm

Bahahahahahaha nice rant you touched cunt,eat shit Jizz licker

Vicent Vega
Vicent Vega
Reply to  Old Mother Hubbard
December 27, 2022 10:58 am

If you watched Visitor Q, which is on this website, and didn’t enjoy it then I think you don’t belong here. Like anywhere in the world, there are shit Asian movies but there are also masterpieces, generalising is stupidity. Since I’m in a good mood today, I’ll give you a list with some of my favourite Asian (well, mostly South Korean and Japanese) movies for you to check out:
A Bittersweet Life
The Yellow Sea
Old Boy
Breathless
Any Takashi Miike movie but besides Visitor Q try also Gozu, 13 Assassins and Audition (I think those are all in here)
If afterwards you still think Asian movies are shit then I think the only solution is euthanasia

Hala
Hala
Reply to  Vicent Vega
December 28, 2022 6:05 am

And don’t forget “Hope” – a tragic and beautifully acted movie.

AnOldBoy
AnOldBoy
Reply to  Vicent Vega
December 28, 2022 8:34 am

Great recommendations. I would also add Bedevilled, I Saw the Devil, Cold Fish, and A Tale of Two Sisters which are all on the EUM site.

Vicent Vega
Vicent Vega
Reply to  AnOldBoy
December 28, 2022 10:48 am

Absolutely. There are many, many more…

Wathel Herness
Wathel Herness
Reply to  Vicent Vega
December 28, 2022 3:57 pm

Oldboy, I Saw The Devil and BR are a decent watch. I also saw Girl At The Door and Audition – quite slow paced but still interesting to watch.

AnOldBoy
AnOldBoy
Reply to  Wathel Herness
December 28, 2022 8:36 pm

Audition is my favourite Miike Takashi film. Haven’t seen Girl at the Door so will definitely check it out. Thanks for the recommendations.

Aurelia
Aurelia
Reply to  Vicent Vega
January 4, 2023 11:14 am

Lee Byung-hun is a complete badass in Bittersweet Life

dillweed
dillweed
Reply to  Old Mother Hubbard
December 30, 2022 9:47 am

Shut up pretentious prick

Ol Dirty China Man
Ol Dirty China Man
December 26, 2022 3:32 am

I bet that house smell like FEET!

OhNoISaidFag
OhNoISaidFag
December 26, 2022 1:32 am

The description sounds like a fag fest. I’m gone have to pass on it.

Faggy named Charles
Faggy named Charles
Reply to  OhNoISaidFag
December 26, 2022 3:34 am

I’d advise you stop sucking cocks then

Chuck Biscuits
Chuck Biscuits
Reply to  OhNoISaidFag
December 26, 2022 10:26 am

You love it you mincer cunt

HesaidFaglul
HesaidFaglul
Reply to  OhNoISaidFag
January 2, 2023 6:11 am

It’s 2022 time to bring a fag back into the mainstream. Fucking faggots. Lol

Saucy Sausage
Saucy Sausage
Reply to  HesaidFaglul
January 2, 2023 7:13 am

I gave up fags when I was 12 and have no intention of taking them up again.

OJ not Simpson
OJ not Simpson
December 25, 2022 8:27 am

Thanks alot mate, I was looking for it everywhere……👍