The Host
2006 · TMDB 7.0 · 괴물
Directed by Bong Joon Ho
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.
Why it matters
Bong Joon-ho's Han River monster film is a family comedy, a government satire and a grief story in the same breath, anchored by Song Kang-ho's hangdog father and a genuinely great creature design.
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Released
- 2006-07-27
- Studio
- Chungeorahm Film
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.0
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