Where They Went

Okja (2017)

Directed by Bong Joon-ho

A girl raised in the Korean mountains with a giant genetically engineered pig follows her when a corporation takes her away, first to Seoul and then to New York and New Jersey.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Mountains of Gangwon, South Korea
    ≈ 00:05:00
    Inferred

    Mija and Okja live with her grandfather in the mountains until the Mirando company takes Okja.

  2. 2Seoul, South Korea
    ≈ 00:28:00
    Stated on screen

    Mija storms the company office; Okja breaks loose in an underground shopping mall, and animal-rights activists intervene.

  3. 3Mirando lab
    Mirando laboratory and slaughterhouse, New Jersey (fictional)
    ≈ 00:55:00
    InferredFictional
  4. 4New York City, New York
    ≈ 01:15:00
    Stated on screen
  5. 5Slaughterhouse
    Mirando laboratory and slaughterhouse, New Jersey (fictional)
    ≈ 01:30:00
    InferredFictional
  6. 6Mountains of Gangwon, South Korea
    ≈ 01:52:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
33,264 km
Places
4
Countries
2
Stops
6
  • Plane: 22,100 km
  • Not shown: 11,018 km
  • Bus: 134 km
  • Truck: 12 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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