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Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild

Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild

A story of love, sacrifice and courage

20117.81h 33m

Overview

Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.

Directed by Oh Sung-yoon
Written by Hwang Seon-mi, Hyeon Nam-seok, Kim Eun-jeong
Produced by Kim Seong-geun, Shim Jae-myung
Box Office0Revenue: $13.1M

Top Cast

Moon So-ri

Moon So-ri

Leafie (voice)

Yoo Seung-ho

Yoo Seung-ho

Greenie (voice)

Choi Min-sik

Choi Min-sik

Wanderer (voice)

Park Cheol-min

Park Cheol-min

Mayor (voice)

Kim Sang-hyun

Kim Sang-hyun

One-Eye (voice)

Jeon Sook-kyung

Jeon Sook-kyung

Jjaek (voice)

Um Sang-hyun

Um Sang-hyun

Rooster (voice)

S

Sa Seong-ung

Red Head (voice)

K

Kim Ji-hye

Wanderer's Mate / Yard Hen (voice)

Seo Seung-won

Seo Seung-won

Owl / Duck Captain (voice)

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookanthropomorphismanimalsmacabreangrykodomokorean animationaenidramaticadmiringadoringamused

About Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild

Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild is a animation, family, adventure, drama film released in 2011 exploring themes of based on novel or book, anthropomorphism, animals, macabre, angry, kodomo. Directed by Oh Sung-yoon, it stars Moon So-ri, Yoo Seung-ho, Choi Min-sik. Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.

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