
Ki-woo begins a secret romantic relationship with Da-hye. Finally, Chung-sook takes over as the Parks' housekeeper after the Kims exploit the peach allergy of the long-time housekeeper, Moon-gwang, to convince Mrs Park that she has tuberculosis. Ki-jung frames Yoon, Mr Park's chauffeur, by making it appear as if he had sex in the car, then recommends Ki-taek to replace him. Ki-jung poses as "Jessica" and, using Ki-Woo as a reference, becomes an art therapist to the Parks' young son, Da-song. The Kim family schemes to get each member of the family a job by posing as unrelated and highly qualified workers to become servants of the Parks. Ki-woo, pretending to be a Yonsei University student, is subsequently hired by the Parks. Leaving to study abroad and knowing his friend needs the income, he suggests that Ki-woo pose as a university student to take over his job as an English tutor for the daughter of the wealthy Park family, Da-hye. University student Min-hyuk, a friend of Ki-woo's, gives the family a scholar's rock meant to promise wealth.

The Kim family-father Ki-taek, mother Chung-sook, daughter Ki-jung, and son Ki-woo-live in a small semi- basement apartment ( banjiha) in Seoul, have low-paying temporary jobs folding pizza boxes, and struggle to make ends meet. A television series, based on the events in the film, is in early development. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and it became the first non English-language film to win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Parasite is the first South Korean film to receive Academy Award recognition, along with being one of three films to win both the Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Picture, the first such achievement in over 60 years.

Among its numerous accolades, Parasite won a leading four awards at the 92nd Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film, becoming the first non English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It grossed over $263 million worldwide on a $15.5 million budget. The film is considered by many critics to be the best film of 2019 and one of the greatest films of the 21st century. It was then released in South Korea by CJ Entertainment on 30 May. Parasite premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on, where it became the first South Korean film to win the Palme d'Or. Darcy Paquet, an American film critic and author, provided English translations for the film's international release.

The technical crew comprised cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo, film editor Yang Jin-mo, and composer Jung Jae-il. Filming began in May 2018 and completed that September. Bong stated that he took inspiration from the 1960 Korean film The Housemaid, and also from the Christine and Léa Papin incident in the 1930s to write the film's screenplay. He later adapted it into a fifteen-page film draft, and it was split into three different drafts by Jin-won.

The script is based on Bong's source material from a play written in 2013. The film, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Park Myung-hoon, and Lee Jung-eun, follows a poor family who scheme to become employed by a wealthy family and infiltrate their household by posing as unrelated, highly qualified individuals. Parasite ( Korean: 기생충 Hanja: 寄生蟲 RR: Gisaengchung) is a 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won and co-produced the film.
