Why Must You Watch Parasite, One of South Korean Best Movies?
Parasite is a South Korean movie about a poor family who somehow manipulates a rich family and gets a bit of comfort their life. The movie was directed by Bong Joon-Ho, who has a track record of making the best sci-fi movies in South Korea, like Snowpiercer, The Host, and many others. Parasite made history by winning four Oscar nominations in 2019! Let’s read more about it on this Byeol Korea, below!
About the K-Movie Parasite
This movie first come out at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2019. Parasite is a comedy-thriller that amused viewers by the story line changing plot. This movie tells about the Kim family’s attempt to get a better life by perfectly fooling the rich Park family, in order to work in their house. But the plot suddenly changes to a dark horror when the ex-housemaid who was fired indirectly by the Kim family comes back to the house and revealed a secret inside.
The story started when the Kim family, a poor family who were living in semi basement house, get offered a nice job that gives them needed income for living since nobody in the household was working. It is their son, Ki-woo, who got a lucky job from his friend from school. His friend will go study abroad, and needs help from somebody he trusts to replace him as the English tutor for Da-Hye, the daughter of rich family, whom he fell in love with. He asks Ki-woo to take the job even though he does not have any college degree, rather than somebody else who might betray him by dating Da-Hye. This opportunity leads the path of the Kim family, who had been earning money from folding pizza boxes, into a decent income by manipulating all members of the Park family. From comedy to horror, then to a thriller vibe, this is a genius movie.
Parasite offered you not only humor that you could relate to in daily life, but also thrills that make your heart beat faster and leaving you wanting to know what happens next. Parasite will surprise you at the end of the story with a plot twist, and you will learn about the connection between life and how it responds towards incidents could impact reality.
In this movie, some events satirize how some South Koreans are more reliant on referrals from someone they know, ignoring what they are actually capable of, the difficulty university students face when getting a job, and the significant difference in quality of life is between the different classes in modern society. If watched carefully, Parasite compiled many things that happen closely and culturally in South Korea, and also show the despair and class inequality of common society nowadays.
Cast and Characters
The characters of the movie start with Kim family, a poor family who actually has talent but is still unlucky:
- Ki-taek, the father
Ki-taek, who is played by Song Kang-ho, is the responsible father and will do anything to protect his family. His legendary quote from this movie is, “The best plan is not to have any plan“. He did several jobs. but still did not bring any luck to provide his family a better life.
2. Chung-sook, mother
Chung-sook, played by Jang Hye-jin, is portrayed as a mother who speak frankly, and is fearless and strong. She used to be an athlete who competed in hammer throw and was a silver medalist in her youth.
3. Ki-jung, the daughter
Ki-jung, played by Park So-dam, is a smart yet manipulative woman who uses her talent for graphic design by helping her brother, Ki-woo, create a fake degree certificate flawlessly. As the genius one in the family, she always has an idea to solve any problem until one bad incident happened in their life, leaving her desperately confused.
4. Ki-woo, the son
Ki-woo, played by Choi Woo-shik, is a simple, smart boy who tends to overthink things. He actually has a good heart, but sometimes puts it in the wrong way. He’s actually the person who started bringing his family a better life by planning to get Ki-jung working on the Park family, and then rest of his family.
Next is the Park family, the rich family who is full of foolishness and arrogance:
- Mr. Park, the father
Mr. Park, played by Lee Sun-kyun, is a successful businessman. He bought an expensive house from the the most prestigious architect in South Korea. The characters is arrogant, and believes that there always needs to be a distance between him and his servants. Yet, he is also easily trapped into Kim family plan.
2. Mrs. Park, the mother
Mrs. Park is naïve and easy to manipulate. She was played by Cho Yeo-jeong in this movie. She does not have any skill with housekeeping, and is very careless and indecisive. She plays an important role in making the Kim family’s plan work flawlessly. Mrs. Park fired all her servants one by one, and hiring the members of the Kim family as replacements.
3. Da-hye, the daughter
Da-hye is a typical high school girl who is quick to fall in love and gets irritated by simple things. This role was played by Jung Ji-so. She could do anything only about love.
4. Da-song, the son
Da-song, who played by Jung Hun-jung, is a special child who is hyperactive and expresses his ideas through drawing. Moreover, he likes anything relating to scouts. He experiences something scary which leads him into some different behavior. As a result, his mother wants him to have art teacher that will help him to learn manners and respond like other children.
Last but not the least, the gong when the horror and thriller comes:
- Moon gwang, the house-servant
She is the former housemaid of the Park family. She was played by Lee-Jung-eun, who has allergic to peaches. She has a secret that has been hidden for several years and finally gets revealed, leading to a lot of the tension in themovie.
2. Geun-sae, Moon-gwang’s husband
Geun-sae is epically played by Park Myeong-hoon. He becomes the villain in this movie, and has been hiding in a secret bunker of the Park family for years to get away from his loan shark after his Taiwanese bakery business failed. He becomes very triggered after seeing what happened to his supportive wife, leading to a very unexpected plot twist.
Press Conference
The film’s cast, along with Bong Joon-ho, the director, attended a press conference at a Seoul hotel on Feb. 19, 2020. Parasite has become the first non-English movie to win four awards at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony. The awards were for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film.
Citing from abcNews, Bong Joon-ho said in the news conference, “I didn’t want to avoid such a part even a little bit. Audiences might hate that or feel uncomfortable to watch it but I thought the only option I can have for this movie is depicting the world we live as frankly as possible, though that might be risky commercially.”
At the Academy Award (Oscar) ceremony, Bong Joon-ho appeared so content, happy, and humble receiving the awards. He mentioned all the most prestigious directors that inspired him when he was learning about filming, and who were also in the room, and all the people who supported his career. He spoke genuinely about how he felt, and loved to share his trophy to other nominated best director. He proudly said “The most personal is the most creative,” which is a quote from Martin Scorsese, another remarkable director who was also nominated for Best Director.
Popular Among Public
Parasite made history, in that an Asian movie could be sitting along with Hollywood movies and getting equal attention, and even more, could be beating all the other films in the prestigious ceremony. This energy transferred to other countries, especially Asian ones, and empowered the non-English movie industry to not give up in learning and making creations, offering hope to film-maker, actresses, actors, and all the people in the film industry.
Right after the Oscars, Parasite got more hype and exposure in a number of different countries. South Korea gets an increasing amount of attention for its films, not only movies that are directed by Bong Joon-ho, like Snowpiercer, The Host, but also other films by other directors. This event made a historical moment for the South Korean movie industry.
Every part of this movie has been getting the spotlight, such the food that is Da-song’s favorite, ram-don or Jjapaguri, that is made with instant black beans noodles combined with cubes of seared sirloin. This food became popular, making people want to try to make it and use the recipe Mrs. Park told to the housemaid.
The jingle made by Jessica or Ki-jung to memorize her fake identity before entering the Park family home is also got attention, making some people want to learn this jingle. “Jessica, only child, Illinois, Chicago.“, Park So-dam, who played Ki-Jung, even made a video published for people who got addicted to the melody. This melody originally from a Dokdo nationalistic song called, “Dokdo is Our Land.”
Moreover, the shooting locations also become spots tourists want to visit, such as the stairway to the tunnel in Buam-dong, Seoul when the Kim family escaped silently from the Park house in the rain. Some reviews of Parasite said that this stairway represents socioeconomic differences in the film.
As Parasite got more attention, some companies and people in social media like Twitter, Facebook, and any other platform, have been using the Parasite movie poster as part of their marketing campaign or just to show their existence or their obsession towards the movie. They made their photos by putting white and black stripes on their eyes with different taglines.
Award Achievements
The standing ovation at the 92nd Academy Awards, when Parasite received Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film was remarkable. Parasite was also nominated for three awards at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, winning the award for Best Foreign Language Film. Additionally, at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, the film received four nominations including Best Film and Best Direction, and won the prizes for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Not in the English Language. For the Screen Actors Guild Awards, another historical moment happened as film become the first non-English language film to win the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Here are all the achievements the film made:
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AACTA Awards | 4 December 2019 | Best Asian Film | Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| 3 January 2020 | Best International Film | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho | Won | |
| Best International Direction | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best International Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best International Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards | 11 January 2020 | Best Intergenerational Film | Parasite | Nominated |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | |||
| Academy Awards | 9 February 2020 | Best Picture | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best International Feature Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun and Cho Won-woo | Nominated | ||
| Best Film Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominated | ||
| African-American Film Critics Association | 10 December 2019 | Top Ten Films | Parasite | 8th place |
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Foreign Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 10 January 2020 | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Ensemble | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominated | ||
| Best Non-English Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| American Cinema Editors | 17 January 2020 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Yang Jin-mo | Won |
| American Film Institute Awards | 3 January 2020 | AFI Special Award | Parasite | Won |
| Art Directors Guild Awards | 1 February 2020 | Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Feature Film | Lee Ha-jun | Won |
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards | 21 November 2019 | Best Feature Film | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 6 January 2020 | Top Ten Films of the Decade | Parasite | 7th place |
| Top Ten Films of the Year | 1st place | |||
| Best Film | Won | |||
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Ensemble | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Australian Film Critics Association | 7 February 2020 | Best International Film (Foreign Language) | Won | |
| Belgian Film Critics Association | 4 January 2020 | Grand Prix | Nominated | |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 21 November 2019 | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Cho Yeo-jeong | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Myung-hoon | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Lee Jung-eun | Won | ||
| Park So-dam | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography and Lighting | Hong Kyung-pyo, Kim Chang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominated | ||
| Best Music | Jung Jae-il | Nominated | ||
| Best Art Direction | Lee Ha-jun | Won | ||
| Bodil Awards | 29 February 2020 | Best Non-American Film | Parasite | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 15 December 2019 | Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| British Academy Film Awards | 2 February 2020 | Best Film | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho | Nominated |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| British Independent Film Awards | 1 December 2019 | Best International Independent Film | Parasite | Won |
| Buil Film Awards | 4 October 2019 | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Choi Woo-shik | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Cho Yeo-jeong | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Myung-hoon | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Lee Jung-eun | Won | ||
| Jang Hye-jin | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Won | ||
| Best Music | Jung Jae-il | Won | ||
| Best Art Direction | Lee Ha-jun | Nominated | ||
| Busan Film Critics Awards | 26 November 2019 | Best Actress | Lee Jung-eun | Won |
| Cahiers du Cinema | 6 January 2020 | Top 10 Lists | Parasite | 2nd place |
| Calgary International Film Festival | 3 October 2019 | Fan Favourite Award | Won | |
| Cannes Film Festival | 25 May 2019 | Palme d’Or | Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| César Awards | 28 February 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Parasite | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 14 December 2019 | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Cho Yeo-jeong | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Art Direction | Lee Ha-jun | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Chunsa Film Art Awards | 18 July 2019 | Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| Best Actor | Choi Woo-shik | Nominated | ||
| Song Kang-ho | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Cho Yeo-jeong | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Myung-hoon | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Lee Jung-eun | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards | 20 January 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Parasite | Won |
| Cine 21 Film Awards | 20 December 2019 | Top 10 Korean Films of the Year | 1st place | |
| Director of the Year | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Actor of the Year | Song Kang-ho | Won | ||
| Actress of the Year | Lee Jung-eun | Won | ||
| Screenplay of the Year | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Cinematographer of the Year | Hong Kyung-pyo | Won | ||
| Crested Butte Film Festival | 29 September 2019 | Best Narrative Film | Parasite | Won |
| Critics’ Choice Movie Awards | 12 January 2020 | Best Picture | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Acting Ensemble | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 16 December 2019 | Best Film | 3rd place | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | 2nd place | ||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Runner-up | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| David di Donatello Awards | 3 April 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Won | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 9 December 2019 | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| Best Ensemble | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Director’s Cut Awards | 12 December 2019 | Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| Best Actor | Choi Woo-shik | Nominated | ||
| Song Kang-ho | Won | |||
| Best Actress | Lee Jung-eun | Nominated | ||
| Cho Yeo-jeong | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best New Actor | Park Myung-hoon | Won | ||
| Best New Actress | Jang Hye-jin | Nominated | ||
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 25 January 2020 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated |
| Dorian Awards | 8 January 2020 | Film of the Year | Parasite | Won |
| Director of the Year | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Supporting Film Performance of the Year — Actor | Song Kang-ho | Won | ||
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Parasite | Won | ||
| Screenplay of the Year | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Visually Striking Film of the Year | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Fantastic Fest | 26 September 2019 | Audience Award | Won | |
| Film from the South | 16 November 2019 | Won | ||
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 23 December 2019 | Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated |
| Best Ensemble | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Runner-up | |||
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 10 January 2020 | Best Picture | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score | Jung Jae-il | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Song | “A Glass of Soju” by Jung Jae-il and Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Ensemble | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Won | |||
| Globes de Cristal Awards | 14 March 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Pending | |
| Gold Derby Awards | 4 February 2020 | Best Picture | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Cho Yeo-jeong | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Nominated | ||
| Best Film Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Won | ||
| Best Song | “A Glass of Soju” by Jung Jae-il and Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun and Cho Won-woo | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Best Ensemble | Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Jang Hye-jin, Jung Hyeon-jun, Jung Ziso, Lee Jung-eun, Lee Sun-kyun, Park Myung-hoon, Park So-dam, and Song Kang-ho |
Won | ||
| Gold Derby Decade Awards | 10 March 2020 | Best Picture | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Film Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Won | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun and Cho Won-woo | 3rd place | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Best Ensemble of the Decade | Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Jang Hye-jin, Jung Hyeon-jun, Jung Ziso, Lee Jung-eun, Lee Sun-kyun, Park Myung-hoon, Park So-dam, and Song Kang-ho |
Won | ||
| Golden Globe Awards | 5 January 2020 | Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated |
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Golden Tomato Awards | 9 January 2020 | Best-Reviewed Limited Release | Won | |
| Best-Reviewed Foreign Language Movie | Won | |||
| Best-Reviewed Drama | Won | |||
| Grand Bell Awards | TBA | Best Film | Pending | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Pending | ||
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Pending | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Myung-hoon | Pending | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Lee Jung-eun | Pending | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Pending | ||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Pending | ||
| Best Film Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Pending | ||
| Best Lighting | Kim Chang-ho | Pending | ||
| Best Music | Jung Jae-il | Pending | ||
| Best Art Direction | Lee Ha-jun | Pending | ||
| Guldbagge Awards | 20 January 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Parasite | Won |
| Hollywood Critics Association Awards | 9 January 2020 | Best Picture | Nominated | |
| Best Male Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Filmmaker Achievement Award | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Hollywood Film Awards | 3 November 2019 | Hollywood Filmmaker Award | Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 20 November 2019 | Best Original Score in a Feature Film | Jung Jae-il | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2 January 2020 | Best Picture | Parasite | Won |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Best Movie Poster Art | Nominated | |||
| IGN Awards | 21 December 2019 | Best Movie of the Year | Won | |
| Best Comedy Movie of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Performer | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Movie Ensemble | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Independent Spirit Awards | 8 February 2020 | Best International Film | Won | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 16 December 2019 | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | 9th place | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | 5th place | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Park So-dam | 10th place | ||
| Cho Yeo-jeong | 15th place | |||
| Lee Jung-eun | 22nd place | |||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | 5th place | ||
| Best Foreign Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| International Cinephile Society Awards | 5 February 2020 | Best Picture | 2nd place | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Cho Yeo-jeong | Runner-up | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Ensemble | Parasite | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Runner-up | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun | Won | ||
| International Cinephile Society Cannes Awards | 25 May 2019 | Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| International Film Festival Cinematik | 15 September 2019 | Audience Award | Parasite | Won |
| International Film Festival Rotterdam | 31 January 2020 | BankGiro Loterij Audience Award | Parasite (B&W Version) | Won |
| JEIFA Awards | 3 March 2020 | Best Picture | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Art Direction / Production Design | Lee Ha-jun | Nominated | ||
| Best Film Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Won | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | 13 November 2019 | Best Film | Parasite | Won |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Won | ||
| Top 10 Films of the Year | Parasite | Won | ||
| London Critics’ Circle Film Awards | 30 January 2020 | Film of the Year | Won | |
| Director of the Year | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Screenwriter of the Year | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| Technical Achievement of the Year | Lee Ha-jun | Nominated | ||
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 11 January 2020 | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Runner-up | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun | Runner-up | ||
| Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards | 19 January 2020 | Feature – Foreign Language | Choi Tae-young (Supervising Sound Editor) Kang Hye-young (Sound Designer, Sound Effects Editor) Kim Byung-in (Supervising ADR Editor) Park Sung-gyun (Foley Artist) Lee Chung-gyu (Foley Artist) Shin I-na (Foley Editor) |
Won |
| Munich International Film Festival | 6 July 2019 | The ARRI/OSRAM Award | Parasite | Nominated |
| National Board of Review | 3 December 2019 | Best Foreign Language Film | Won | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 4 January 2020 | Best Picture | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | 2nd place | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho | 3rd place | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| New York Film Critics Circle | 7 January 2020 | Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won |
| New York Film Critics Online | 7 December 2019 | Top 10 Films | Won | |
| Best Film | Won | |||
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Online Film Critics Society | 6 January 2020 | Best Picture | Parasite | Won |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Won | ||
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Parasite | Won | ||
| Technical Achievement Award – Best Production Design | Won | |||
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 13 January 2020 | FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 18 January 2020 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 9 December 2019 | Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 16 December 2019 | Best Picture | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | 20 September 2019 | FIPRESCI Grand Prix | Nominated | |
| Sant Jordi Awards | 20 April 2020 | Best Foreign Film | Nominated | |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 23 January 2020 | Outstanding Director of the Year Award | Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| São Paulo International Film Festival | 30 October 2019 | Audience Award ― Best International Fiction Film | Parasite | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 21 January 2020 | Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Nominated |
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 19 January 2020 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Jang Hye-jin, Jung Hyeon-jun, Jung Ziso, Lee Jung-eun, Lee Sun-kyun, Park Myung-hoon, Park So-dam, and Song Kang-ho |
Won |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 16 December 2019 | Best Picture | Parasite | Won |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Ensemble | Parasite | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 15 December 2019 | Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Runner-up |
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun | Nominated | ||
| Best Horror Film | Parasite | Runner-up | ||
| Best Foreign Film | Won | |||
| Sydney Film Festival | 16 June 2019 | Best Film | Won | |
| Tallgrass Film Festival | 20 October 2019 | Excellence in the Art of Filmmaking | Bong Joon-ho | Won |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 8 December 2019 | Best Film | Parasite | Won |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Runner-up | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Toronto International Film Festival | 15 September 2019 | Grolsch People’s Choice Award | 3rd Place | |
| Tromsø International Film Festival | 19 January 2020 | The Tromsø Audience Award | Won | |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 16 December 2019 | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Vancouver International Film Festival | 11 October 2019 | Super Channel People’s Choice Award | Won | |
| Village Voice Film Poll | 14 January 2020 | Best Picture | 2nd place | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 8 December 2019 | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Bong Joon-ho | Won | ||
| Best Ensemble | Parasite | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design | Lee Ha-jun | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominated | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | Parasite | Won | ||
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 1 February 2020 | Best Original Screenplay | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Won |
Oscar Moments Red Carpet, Glambot and Four Awards in a Row
Some of the group’s expressions during the Oscars were so full of personality and happiness. Bong Joon-ho never thought that Parasite would win four Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film all together in one night. He said they were ready to drink all night after the award ceremony finished.
All the main cast came to the red carpet and showed their excitement at the Oscars in slow-motion portraits. Choi Woo-shik, who played Ki-woo, could speak English, and was helping to manage the Parasite cast pose for th video portraits ‘glambot’.
The interpreter who always standing beside Bong Joo-ho, Sharon Choi, also got attention, since she could relay all Korean statements made by Bong Joo-ho on the stage. She could express cultural Korean words spoken by Bong into English without losing their meaning.
Racism And How People Deal With It
Although Parasite won four Oscar awards and has been flooded of compliments from every direction, there have still been racist statements made about it, including that the movies was not fit to win the Oscar awards, the American prizes. There were people who commented brutally that Parasite‘s win was destructive to America because a non-English movie won Best Picture instead of ‘1917’ or ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’. Other than that, some people also commented that it was to difficult to understand the movie while reading the subtitles.
As Bong said at the Golden Globes while acquiring the award for best foreign-language film, “Once you overcome the 1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”
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The movie Parasite has begun to spread awareness about what is happening to society. The South Korean government has been making a priority of the estimated 1500 low-income families that are living in the semi-basement-type accommodations like the Kim family in this movie.
There is a rumor that Parasite will become a spin-off series in HBO limited series, and Mark Ruffalo and Tilda Swinton were rumored to be the stars in the upcoming series.
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