Half Man and Half Beast
Half Man and Half Beast
1975, Korean. Directed by Kim Ki.
While studying wild ginseng, a botanist Choi Kwang-Ho goes to the mountain, believing that people in the southern part grow wild ginseng, living almost primitive lives a like half man and half beast and leading wolves like dogs. From that time, nothing has been heard. Thirty years later, Choi Ji-Wung finds out his father Choi Kwang-Ho, but thirty years isolated period makes Kwang-Ho leave forever the mundane world contaminated with pollution. With wolves and southern people, the father goes back to the mountain, and the son climbs down the mountain looking at his father's back.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Korean
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- Released
- 23 May 1975
- Original title
- 반수반인
- Country
- South Korea
- Written by
- Gwon Yeong-sun
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Half Man and Half Beast runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Half Man and Half Beast isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 May 1975. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Half Man and Half Beast?
Half Man and Half Beast (1975) was directed by Kim Ki and stars You Young-kook, Yun Hui, Kim Wun-ha.