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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   23,288 votes
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Director:
Joon-ho Bong
Writers:
Chul-hyun Baek (writer)
Joon-ho Bong (writer)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
27 July 2006 (South Korea) more
Tagline:
It is Lurking Behind You more
Plot:
A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and focuses its attention on attacking people. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
18 wins & 13 nominations more
User Comments:
Enjoyable action/horror with humour more (216 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Kang-ho Song ... Park Gang-Du
Hie-bong Byeon ... Park Hie-bong
Hae-il Park ... Park Nam-il
Du-na Bae ... Park Nam-Joo
Ah-sung Ko ... Park Hyun-seo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

David Joseph Anselmo ... Donald
Martin Lord Cayce ... U.S. Senator
Cristen Cho

Philip Hersh ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Paul Lazar ... US Doctor trying to operate Gang-Du
Brian Lee
Kurt Leitner ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Clinton Morgan ... Agent Yellow
Dal-su Oh ... The Monster (voice)
No-shik Park

Brian Rhee ... Young Korean Doctor (as Brian Lee)
Scott Wilson ... US Doctor in Morgue
Pil-Sung Yim ... Fat Guevara
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Host (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
The Host (Argentina) (Peru) [es]
A gazdatest (Hungary) [hu]
Domacin (Croatia) (DVD title) [hr]
El huesped (Mexico) [es]
Guemuru - hangan no kaibutsu (Japan) [ja]
O Hospedeiro (Brazil) [pt]
O episkeptis (Greece) [el]
O xenistis (Greece) (festival title) [el]
The Host (Denmark) [da]
The Host (Germany) [de]
The Host (France) [fr]
The Host (Finland) [fi]
The Host (Sweden) [sv]
Vtorzhenie dinozavra (Russia) [ru]
Yaratik (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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MPAA:
Rated R for creature violence and language.
Runtime:
119 min | Croatia:110 min (DVD)
Country:
South Korea
Language:
Korean | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital EX

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Trivia:
In the news montage that depicts public hysteria, the man following the shot of the Center for Disease Control is former Canadian deputy prime minister John Manley. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Kang-ho Song's character receives a tissue sample, there is no wound in the remaining scenes, even though he was screaming in pain. more
Quotes:
Suicidal jumper: You are dimwits, right to the end. I'll see you in hell. more

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75 out of 114 people found the following comment useful.
Enjoyable action/horror with humour, 27 August 2006
9/10
Author: kebo43 from Australia

South Korean movies are usually enjoyable, offering a humour to counter the plot and disturbing theme(s), and this movie was no exception. I usually hate horror movies, but I enjoyed this action/horror/drama end to end and I left the cinema with a strong feeling of contentness.

The horror was actually quite interesting, as were each of the main actors and the relationships between them were surprising and amusing, with some really witty sub themes thrown in along the way and some good suspense as well.

The movie had great undertones and conversation topics to keep you talking to your friends for hours.

Overall: It was a really enjoyable experience, witty and well constructed.

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