The Host
The Host is a 2006 monster film directed and co-written by Bong Joon Ho. It stars Song Kang-ho as food stand vendor Park Gang-du whose daughter Hyun-seo (Go Ah-sung) is kidnapped by a creature dwelling around the Han River in Seoul. Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, and Bae Doona appear in supporting roles as Gang-du's father, brother, and sister, respectively, who help Gang-du escape quarantine against an alleged virus derived from the monster and search for his daughter. Considered a co-production between South Korea and Japan, the film was produced by independent studio Chungeorahm Film and presented by its South Korean distributor Showbox and the Japanese investor Happinet.
Plot
In 2000, an American pathologist orders his Korean assistant to dump hundreds of bottles containing formaldehyde down a drain which leads to the Han River. Over the next few years, several sightings of a strange amphibious creature in the waterway around Seoul occur.
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| author | Bong Joon-ho |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Seoul |
| director | Bong Joon-ho |
| editor | Kim Sun-min |
| genre | action comedy horror political science fiction thriller |
| keywords | adopt amphibious creature attack college graduate discover flee force formaldehyde han river hangang park homeless man inherit intellectual disability kill lets go lobotomize lobotomy meet news broadcast nothing old friend phone call quarantine river sleep slow-witted snack bar trap unemployed united states forces korea virus wonhyo bridge |
| musicBy | Lee Byung-woo |
| producer | Choi Yong-bae |
| productionCompany | Chungeorahm Film |
| publisher | Kadokawa Herald Showbox |
| recordedAt | Seoul South Korea |
| theme | black comedy comedy horror independent japanese japanese horror korean horror monster movie science fiction horror south korean |