Chawz


Mysterious, gruesome deaths plague a peaceful little village in the Jirisan National Park of South Korea. Among the victims is the granddaughter of a native of the village and a professional hunter. A recently relegated police officer from Seoul and a lead detective discover that the culprit behind the deaths is none other than a man-eating wild boar.

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Mysterious, gruesome deaths plague a peaceful little village in the Jirisan National Park of South Korea. Among the victims is the granddaughter of a native of the village and a professional hunter. A recently relegated police officer from Seoul and a lead detective discover that the culprit behind the deaths is none other than a man-eating wild boar.


RELEASE DATE
April 26, 2011 (DVD)
CURRENT STATUS
Now On DVD
LANGUAGE
Korean
PRODUCED BY
Polygon Entertainment
MPAA RATING
R "some creature violence and brief language."
OFFICIAL SITES
Official Site (Korea)
DIRECTED BY
Jeong-won Shin
WRITTEN BY
Yong-cheol Kim
Jeong-won Sin
STARRING
Tae-woong Sin
Hang-seon Jang
Je-moon Yoon
Yu-mi Jeong
Hyeok-kwon Pak

PROJECT DETAILS
  • Magnet Releasing will distribute in the US.
  • Released in theaters in South Korea on July 15th '09.
  • Known as Chaw (without the Z) in Korea.
  • The man-eating boar will be a mix of CGI and animatronics.
  • Around 70% of the film was shot in the US since getting permits to shoot in the woods is easier in the US than in South Korea.
  • >Began filming on March 17 on a privately-owned wooded area near San Francisco and wrapped on July 5 in Sokcho, Korea.
  • Budgeted at around $5 million US.
  • This marks Jeong-won Shin's second horror-comedy, with Sisily 2km being the first.
  • This is a South Korean horror-comedy.
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