Hwang Kyung-min (Kim Dong-wook), a guy who was traumatized by school violence in his youth, and his former classmate Jung Jong-suk (Kim Sung-kyu), who subsequently becomes a detective, will star in the next drama.
After Jong-suk receives a bizarre text from an old buddy, a sequence of inexplicable killings begins. Later, he joins forces with investigator Kang Jin-a (Chae Jung-an) to investigate the killings and put an end to them.
A bleeding Kyung-min methodically cuts out a face from an old yearbook in the new trailer. In a flashback to his younger self, he joyfully exclaims that he no longer needs to confront his school bullies and expresses his delight.
Jong-suk is dealing with a worrisome new murder case at work. He walks into a crime scene and finds a note scribbled in blood addressed to him: “Long time no see, Jong-suk.” I’m Hwang Kyung-min, and I’d want to introduce myself. “How have you been?”
“He was a wonderful young man. In a voiceover, another former classmate recalls how “because of him, the mood in our classroom was always warm and lively,” as the film rushes back to images from Kyung-high min’s school days, where he is beaten and taunted by his peers.
The film The King of Pigs is based on the same-named adult animated psychological feature picture from 2011. Notably, the original film marked the directorial debut of Yeon Sang-ho, who is best known for his films Train to Busan (2016) and Hellbound (2017). (2021).
The live-action adaptation of The King of Pigs will launch on TVING, a South Korean streaming platform, on March 18. Director Kim Dae-jin is in charge of the film, which was written by Tak Jae-young.