Poster from TMDB
The Host
Sign in to saveAlso known as Goemul, Monster, Host, Mutant
2006 South Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho
OverviewAI-generated
The Host is a 2006 South Korean horror science fiction kaiju comedy film written and directed by Bong Joon-ho. The cast includes Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, and Bae Doona. The film was filmed in Seoul, South Korea, and its narrative is set in the same city. It was originally titled 괴물 and features an original language of Korean and English. Lee Byung-woo composed the music for the production.
The film has a runtime of 120 minutes and was released in 2006. It was distributed by SHOWBOX Co., Ltd. and Netflix, with Chungeorahm Film and Showbox listed as companies. The budget was 11,000,000, and the capital cost was 11,800,000,000. Box office revenue figures are listed as 89,433,436 and 88,489,643. The film holds a review score of 93%, 7.7/10, and 85/100, with an IMDb rating of 7.1.
Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, OMDb, IMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film · TMDB
7.0A 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.
Cast
- Song Kang-ho as Park Gang-du
- Byun Hee-bong as Park Hie-bong
- Park Hae-il as Park Nam-il
- Bae Doona as Park Nam-joo
- Ko A-sung as Park Hyun-seo
- Oh Dal-su as The Monster (voice)
Themes
- daughter
- pollution
- monster
- river
- bravery
- sewerage
- formaldehyde
- snack bar
- archer
- family
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
140,796 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
85/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 30 wins & 37 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- South Korea
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Bong Joon-ho
- Screenwriter
- Bong Joon-ho
- Composer
- Lee Byung-woo
- Narrative location
- Seoul
- Filming location
- South Korea
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 991024
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.hostmovie.com
- Image
- 사진 100.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 2007-03-30
- title
- 괴물
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- The Host
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 85/100
- capital cost
- 11800000000
- box office
- 64621107
- Commons category
- The Host (2006 film)
Sources (11)
via Wikidata · CC0