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 - The Host
- Genre Action
- Director Bong Jun-Ho
- Cast Song Gang-Ho Byeon Hee-Bong Park Hae-Il Bae Du-Na
- Certification 12 and over
- Production Date 2006
- Runtime 119 minutes
- Trailer/Homepage
Synopsis

Gang-Du has a daughter, Hyeon-Seo, in middle school and owns a small convenience stand with his father along the peaceful Han River. Hyeon-Seo is embarrassed at times due to her somewhat lacking father, and her peculiar family. However, her loving father secretly saves up coins in a ramen cup in order to replace her old beat-up cell phone with a new one. Until one day, on the usual tranquil Han River, a monster appears and begins trampling and attacking every person in sight. Gang-du grabs a hold of his daughter's hand to run from the bloody scene. Then, the monster quickly grabs Hyeon-Seo, disappearing into the Han River. The family mourns Hyeon-Seo's death, but when they suddenly receive a call from her, they return to the Han River in hopes of rescuing her.
View Point

This is one of the most powerful films in Korea's history that hit theaters in the summer of 2006, attracting over 13,000,000 audience members. beat out 2005's record of over 12,000,000 viewers, and carried the name of being a qualifier as a Korean blockbuster. The title has been shown in countries all over the world, including the United States, England, France, China, and Japan, and copyrights have also been sold for an American remake. This is a movie of a more-or-less comical family in a mixture of a heartbreaking drama, fantasy-thriller action film, that portrays a human-like monster, rather than Hollywood's CG glorified monsters. has also succeeded in winning various international acclaims in a number of awards ceremonies. The movie won best picture, best film, and best special effects awards on March 20, 2007 at the '1st Asian Films Awards' and Song Gang-Ho won an award for best actor, totaling 4 awards. also acheived best director at the 2007 27th Oporto International Film Festival. Aside from these awards festivals, the director, actors, and staff received much recognition from a variety of ceremonies as well.
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Photos Courtesy of Naver Movies (http://movie.naver.com/)    



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