Beasts Clawing at Straws
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Beasts Clawing at Straws is a South Korean crime thriller film that interweaves multiple characters’ desperate schemes around a bag of money, noted for its dark humor and ensemble cast.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beasts Clawing at Straws canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7995330 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beasts Clawing at Straws Context triple: [Youn Yuh-jung, notableWork, Beasts Clawing at Straws]
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Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures is a 1997 British comedy film, conceived as a spiritual successor to A Fish Called Wanda, featuring John Cleese and other members of that ensemble in a farcical story about a struggling zoo.
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The Dream of a Beast
The Dream of a Beast is a surreal, psychologically rich novel by Irish writer and filmmaker Neil Jordan that blends dreamlike fantasy with themes of identity and transformation.
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All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast
"All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast" is a contemplative, atmospheric folk-rock song by Bill Callahan known for its poetic lyrics and slow-building, meditative arrangement.
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D.
People of the Ditch
The People of the Ditch are a persecuted group mentioned in the Qur’an, remembered for being burned alive in trenches of fire for steadfastly upholding their faith.
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E.
Mouthful of Grass
"Mouthful of Grass" is an instrumental blues-rock track by the English rock band Free, known as the B-side to their hit single "All Right Now."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beasts Clawing at Straws Target entity description: Beasts Clawing at Straws is a South Korean crime thriller film that interweaves multiple characters’ desperate schemes around a bag of money, noted for its dark humor and ensemble cast.
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A.
Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures is a 1997 British comedy film, conceived as a spiritual successor to A Fish Called Wanda, featuring John Cleese and other members of that ensemble in a farcical story about a struggling zoo.
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B.
The Dream of a Beast
The Dream of a Beast is a surreal, psychologically rich novel by Irish writer and filmmaker Neil Jordan that blends dreamlike fantasy with themes of identity and transformation.
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C.
All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast
"All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast" is a contemplative, atmospheric folk-rock song by Bill Callahan known for its poetic lyrics and slow-building, meditative arrangement.
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D.
People of the Ditch
The People of the Ditch are a persecuted group mentioned in the Qur’an, remembered for being burned alive in trenches of fire for steadfastly upholding their faith.
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E.
Mouthful of Grass
"Mouthful of Grass" is an instrumental blues-rock track by the English rock band Free, known as the B-side to their hit single "All Right Now."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South Korean film
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crime thriller film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Tiger Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Beasts Clawing at Straws (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Keisuke Sone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Bae Sung-woo
NERFINISHED
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Heo Dong-won NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeon Do-yeon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jin Kyung NERFINISHED ⓘ Jung Ga-ram NERFINISHED ⓘ Jung Man-sik NERFINISHED ⓘ Jung Woo-sung NERFINISHED ⓘ Park Ji-hwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Shin Hyun-bin NERFINISHED ⓘ Youn Yuh-jung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Kim Tae-seong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Kim Yong-hoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Megabox Plus M NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Han Mi-yeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Do-yeong
NERFINISHED
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Jin-tae NERFINISHED ⓘ Joong-man NERFINISHED ⓘ Mi-ran NERFINISHED ⓘ Seong-tae NERFINISHED ⓘ Tae-young NERFINISHED ⓘ Yeon-hee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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crime ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime
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desperation ⓘ greed ⓘ |
| musicBy | Noh Hyung-woo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | interwoven stories of multiple characters ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark humor
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ensemble cast ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Korean ⓘ |
| plotElement | bag of money ⓘ |
| producer | Park Se-joon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Megabox Plus M NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2020-02-19 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 108 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Rotterdam International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Kim Yong-hoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beasts Clawing at Straws Description of subject: Beasts Clawing at Straws is a South Korean crime thriller film that interweaves multiple characters’ desperate schemes around a bag of money, noted for its dark humor and ensemble cast.
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