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The Host

Name: The Host
Genre: science-fiction, drama, horror
Released: 2006-07-27
Duration: 2 h

2006 · R · 2h · Korean

Man has made his newest predator.

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

Plot summary via TMDB

Release

In theaters: March 9, 2007

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Genres

science-fictiondramahorror

Details

Budget$11M

Box office$88.5M

Directed by

Bong Joon Ho

Written by

Baek Chul-hyun, Bong Joon Ho, Hah Jun-won

Cinematography

Kim Hyung-koo

Music

Lee Byung-woo

Starring

Song Kang-ho as Park Gang-du · Byun Hee-bong as Park Hie-bong · Park Hae-il as Park Nam-il · Bae Doona as Park Nam-joo · Ko A-sung as Park Hyun-seo · Oh Dal-su as The Monster (voice) · Lee Jae-eung as Se-jin · Lee Dong-ho as Se-joo