Collective Invention

Collective Invention is a South Korean black comedy film written and directed by Kwon Oh-kwang. It is about a hapless fish-man's meteoric rise to celebrity and subsequent fall from grace. The film was screened in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot A medical experiment gone wrong and a man mutates due to side effects from an experimental drug administered to him, turning him into a fish-man. When his supposedly girlfriend posts the story of her 'fishy' boyfriend on the internet, a wannabe reporter starts digging for the truth, covering the news about the mutant fish-man. Cast Lee Kwang-soo as Park Gu Lee Chun-hee as Sang-won Park Bo-young as Ju-jin Jang Gwang as Gu's father Lee Byung-joon as Dr. Byun Kim Hee-won as Lawyer Kim Jung In-gi as Dong-sik Choi Ji-ho as Chairman's assistant Reception The film was number five on its opening weekend, with .