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93% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Hong Seok-jae Box office 1.69 million USD | 6.7/10 IMDb Hangul 소셜포비아 Music by Kim Hae-won Screenplay Hong Seokjae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Yu Yeong-sik
Choi Equan Written by Hong Seok-jae
Jo Seul-ye
Kwon O-rang
Koo Sung-mo Starring Byun Yo-han
Lee Joo-seung Initial release 12 March 2015 (South Korea) Directors Hong Seokjae, Hong Seok-jae Nominations Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actor Cast Byun Yo‑han, Ryu Jun‑yeol, Ju‑seung Lee, Oh Hee‑joon, Dae‑hyeong Yoo Similar Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Sea Fog, Pietà, Countdown, One Way Trip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Socialphobia (Hangul: 소셜포비아; RR: Sosyeolpobia) is a 2015 South Korean thriller/drama film starring Byun Yo-han and Lee Joo-seung. It was co-written and directed by Hong Seok-jae in his directorial debut, based on a real-life story that explores the social issues within internet culture among the Korean youth of the 21st century.
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Plot
A group of youngsters investigate a girl who died after being targeted in a witch-hunt on social networking sites, in an attempt to determine whether her death was suicide or murder. A member of the group at first becomes suspect but later the death was proven as a suicide. The film explores internet addiction, cyber bullying, social phobia and lack of morale - self-esteem among youngsters.
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Socialphobia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA