---
title: 'Parasite (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bong Joon-ho'
released: '2019-05-30'
runtime_minutes: 133
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'South Korea'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cms65b0qw00025yrdsxu6ya46'
review_count: 1
fandom_rating: '9.50/10'
fandom_stars: '4.75/5'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Parasite (2019)

> Act like you own the place.

2019 · R · 133 min · Comedy, Thriller, Drama · South Korea

Original title: 기생충

## Synopsis

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

## Credits

- **Director:** Bong Joon-ho
- **Screenplay:** Han Jin-won
- **Director of Photography:** Hong Kyung-pyo
- **Original Music Composer:** Jung Jae-il
- **Editor:** Yang Jin-mo

## Cast

- Song Kang-ho as Kim Ki-taek
- Lee Sun-kyun as Park Dong-ik
- Cho Yeo-jeong as Yeon-kyo
- Choi Woo-shik as Kim Ki-woo
- Park So-dam as Kim Ki-jung
- Jang Hye-jin as Kim Chung-sook
- Lee Jung-eun as Gook Moon-gwang

## Criticism on CinePixo

Fandom rating: **9.50/10** (4.75 of 5) from 1 review — the plain average of every published rating.

- **9.5/10** — [Crossing the Line — Rewatching Parasite](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/parasite-crossing-the-line) by CinePixo, 2026-07-01

Themes: class, black comedy, con artist, basement, family

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cms65b0qw00025yrdsxu6ya46
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