First Asian film to win the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe Awards, Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film at the Oscars.
It is the Korean Film "Parasite". The screening of black-and-white version of the film "Parasite" has been delayed due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but this film remains popular on the Internet. As an example, "Taiwanese castella cakes" was mentioned in one of the script lines and the cake became famous in Taiwan now. Besides that, some of the famous Hollywood stars also posted pictures about jjapaguri (Ram-don).
This time, we visited the filming locations of "Parasite", the movie that became a hot topic globally.
Doijissal Supermarket
32, Songijeong-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Airport Railroad (AREX) Hongik University Station ▶ Transfer to Line 2 ▶ Get off at Chungjeongno Station Exit 6, Walk 10-15 mins
First location is the Doijissal Supermarket, which is shown as "Woori Supermarket" in Parasite.
This is the scene where Ki-woo and his friend met and had soju under the beach umbrella. You will see the ice-cream fridge outside the shop.
The beverages that sell in this shop is similar as the other supermarket in neigborhood. You can also buy snacks that could be found during the old childhood times.
Stairs in Ki-taek's village
3, Songijeong-ro 6-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Airport Railroad (AREX) Hongik University Station ▶ Transfer to Line 2 ▶ Get off at Chungjeongno Station Exit 6, Walk 10-15 mins
Located not too far from Doijissal Supermarket is the second filming location - the stairs towards Ki-taek's village.
This is the scene where Ki-taek's daughter, Ki-jeong bought peaches and carried them up the stairs.
As this is a residential area, visitors are asked not to cause any interruptions to the residents.
The stairs of Jahamun Tunnel
219, Jahamun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Airport Railroad (AREX) Gongdeok Station ▶Transfer to Line 5 ▶ At Jongno-3ga Station, Transfer to Line 3 ,Get off at Gyeongbokgung Station Exit 3, transfer to Bus
○ Bus #1020, #1711, #7016, #7018, #7022, #7212 ▷Get off at [Jahamun Tunnel Entrance], walk 1 min
After getting off at Gyeongbokgung Station, you can transfer to bus and then get off at the Jahamun Tunnel entrance (approx. 5mins bus ride).
After getting off the bus, walk a little upward and you will come to the stairs that lead to Jahamun tunnel. This is the stairs where Ki-taek's family ran away from Park's house on a rainy night.
What would have been in Ki-taek's family's mind as they walked through this endless tunnel?
Sky Pizza(Pizza Generation)
86, Noryangjin-ro 6-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul
Airport Railroad (AREX) Gimpo Station / Magongnaru Station ▶ Transfer to Line 9, Get off at Noryangjin Station, Walk 1 min
Although they did not show the entire exterior of the Pizza Restaurant in the film, the "Sky Pizza" in Noryangjin has became a popular tourist attraction because of Parasite. In the beginning of the movie, Ki-taek family gained income from working part time at the pizza restaurant named "Pizza Generation".
Sky Pizza is a local family-run pizza restaurant that was opened since 2002 and it has been operating for about 18 years. They start to make the pizza dough the moment they receive an order. After this restaurant became a famous filming location of Parasite, they just got busy and have been making pizzas non-stop.
The pizza restaurant owner was the one who taught them how to fold the pizza boxes. The pizza boxes that were used in the film are displayed in the restaurant. In addition, you can also find a guestbook and the movie poster of Parasite there.
Sky Pizza is located in a neighborhood where many local residents live. Thus, visitors should be cautious and not to cause any disturbance to the residents.
Since the weather is getting warmer, how about taking a walk at the alleys and find the scenes that appeared in the movie?
