The Bek Show: End of Civilization
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Overview
The versatile artist, BEK Hyunjin ventures into theater direction, leaving the actors in a state of confusion. His unconventional direction unfolds into strange scenes on stage. Scenes of people howling, a woman's monologue, another woman lip-syncing a song appear in random order, and BEK Hyunjin himself appears on stage as a primitive man, a singer and a narrator.
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Budget
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Runtime
60 min
Release Date
2024-11-28
Status
Released
Original Language
Korean
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Bek Hyun-jin
Moon Sang-hoon
Chang Ki-ha
Kim Sun-young
Kim Go-eun
Han Ye-ri
Son Yi-sang
Jo Dae-hyun
Nam Su-ah
Song Ju-won
Shin Ji-yoon
Lee Chan-yu
Jibin
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