Aachi & Ssipak
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Aachi & Ssipak is a 2006
animated
South Korean film
, directed by Jo Beom-jin and featuring the voices of Ryoo Seung-beom, Lim Chang-jung
, and Hyeon Yeong. It screened at the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival.
"Ssipak" is pronounced like "she pahk".
as fuel. To reward production, the government hands out extremely addictive, popsicle-like "Juicybars", which in turn also makes them constipated. Aachi and Ssipak are street hoodlums who struggle to survive by trading black market
Juicybars. Through a chain of events involving their porn
-director acquaintance Jimmy the Freak, they meet wannabe-actress Beautiful, whose defecation
s are rewarded by exceptional quantities of Juicybars. For that reason, Beautiful is also wanted by the violent blue mutants known as the Diaper Gang (led by the Diaper King), the police (most notably the cyborg
police officer Geko), and others.
has licensed rights to adapt the film into an animated series. (Licensing of rights does not guarantee that they will produce such a show, only that they may.)
2006 in film
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animated
Korean animation
The art of Korean animation, or Han-guk Manhwa Aenimeisyeon , has gone from hand-held flip books in early times to studios that produce most of the work for major American and Japanese animation companies...
South Korean film
Cinema of Korea
Korean cinema encompasses the motion picture industries of North and South Korea. As with all aspects of Korean life during the past century, the film industry has often been at the mercy of political events, from the late Joseon dynasty to the Korean War to domestic governmental interference...
, directed by Jo Beom-jin and featuring the voices of Ryoo Seung-beom, Lim Chang-jung
Lim Chang-jung
Yim Chang Jung is a South Korean actor and singer.-Filmography:-External links:...
, and Hyeon Yeong. It screened at the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival.
"Ssipak" is pronounced like "she pahk".
Synopsis
Sometime in the future, mankind has depleted all energy and fuel sources, however they have somehow engineered a way to use human excrementHuman feces
Human feces , also known as a stool, is the waste product of the human digestive system including bacteria. It varies significantly in appearance, according to the state of the digestive system, diet and general health....
as fuel. To reward production, the government hands out extremely addictive, popsicle-like "Juicybars", which in turn also makes them constipated. Aachi and Ssipak are street hoodlums who struggle to survive by trading black market
Underground economy
A black market or underground economy is a market in goods or services which operates outside the formal one supported by established state power. Typically the totality of such activity is referred to with the definite article as a complement to the official economies, by market for such goods and...
Juicybars. Through a chain of events involving their porn
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
-director acquaintance Jimmy the Freak, they meet wannabe-actress Beautiful, whose defecation
Defecation
Defecation is the final act of digestion by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid or liquid waste material from the digestive tract via the anus. Waves of muscular contraction known as peristalsis in the walls of the colon move fecal matter through the digestive tract towards the rectum...
s are rewarded by exceptional quantities of Juicybars. For that reason, Beautiful is also wanted by the violent blue mutants known as the Diaper Gang (led by the Diaper King), the police (most notably the cyborg
Cyborg
A cyborg is a being with both biological and artificial parts. The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space. D. S...
police officer Geko), and others.
Cast
- Ryoo Seung-beom ... Aachi
- Lim Chang-jungLim Chang-jungYim Chang Jung is a South Korean actor and singer.-Filmography:-External links:...
... Ssipak - Hyeon Yeong ... Beautiful
- Sin Hae-cheol ... Diaper King
- Lee Gyu-hwa
- Seo Hye-jeong
- Lee Gyu-hyeong
- Oh In-yong
Licensed by MTV
According to Twichfilm.net, MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
has licensed rights to adapt the film into an animated series. (Licensing of rights does not guarantee that they will produce such a show, only that they may.)
External links
- Aachi & Ssipak at HanCinema