The Host

The Host (2006)

10 November 2006 (GB)Horror, Drama, Science Fiction2 hours
70%
User score

HER BIRTH WAS AN ACCIDENT, AND SO WAS HER DEATH.

Description

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.

Bong Joon Ho
Director, Screenplay
Baek Chul-hyun
Screenplay
Joo Byeol
Adaptation
Hah Jun-won
Screenplay

Actors

Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho
Park Gang-du
Byun Hee-bong
Byun Hee-bong
Park Hie-bong
Park Hae-il
Park Hae-il
Park Nam-il
Bae Doona
Bae Doona
Park Nam-joo
Go A-sung
Go A-sung
Park Hyun-seo
Oh Dal-su
Oh Dal-su
The Monster (voice)
Lee Jae-eung
Lee Jae-eung
Se-jin
Lee Dong-ho
Lee Dong-ho
Se-joo
Yoon Je-moon
Yoon Je-moon
Homeless Man
Yim Pil-sung
Yim Pil-sung
Fat Guevara
Kim Roi-ha
Kim Roi-ha
Yellow Suit at Funeral
Koh Soo-hee
Koh Soo-hee
Hostage nurse
Kim Hak-seon
Kim Hak-seon
Civilian Military Kim
Scott Wilson
Scott Wilson
Douglas
Brian Rhee
Brian Rhee
Young Korean Doctor
Paul Lazar
Paul Lazar
American Doctor
David Anselmo
David Anselmo
Donald
Baek Do-bin
Baek Do-bin
Fumigation Truck Skinny Man
Martin Lord Cayce
Martin Lord Cayce
U.S. Senator (uncredited)
Choi Dae-sung
Choi Dae-sung
Man from Duck Boat (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

Korean

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$88,489,643

Keywords
daughterpollutionmonsterriverbraverysewerageformaldehydesnack bararcherfamilyasian originsseoul, south koreahan riveramusedfarcicalfrightened