Host, The
The talk of the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival and the latest film from critically acclaimed visionary director BONG Joon-ho, THE HOST has already garnered a substantial amount of international buzz. Utilizing state-of-the-art special effects, courtesy of a creative partnership between Weta Workshop (King Kong, The Lord of the Rings) and The Orphanage (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sin City), THE HOST is both a creature-feature thrill ride and a poignant human drama.
Gang-du (SONG Kang-ho) works at a food-stand on the banks of the Han River. Dozing on the job, he is awakened by his daughter, Hyun-seo ( KO A-sung), who is angry with him for missing a teacher-parent meeting at school. As Gang-du walks out to the riverbank with a delivery, he notices that a large crowd of people have gathered, taking pictures and talking about something hanging from the Han River Bridge. The otherwise idyllic landscape turns suddenly to bedlam, when a terrifying creature climbs up onto the riverbank and begins to crush and eat people. Gang-du and his daughter run for their lives, but suddenly the being grabs Hyun-seo and disappears back into the river. The government announces that the monstrous thing apparently is the Host of an unidentified virus. Having feared the worst, Gang-du receives a phone call from his daughter who is frightened, but very much alive. Gang-du soon makes plans to infiltrate the forbidden zone near the Han River to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the horrifying Host.
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Director
Bong Joon-Ho
Cast
Song Kang-ho - Gang-du
Scott Wilson
Byun Hee-Bong - Park Heui-bong
Park Hae-il - Nam-il
Bae Doo-na - Nam-ju
Ko A-seong - Hyeon-seo
Lee Dong-ho
Lee Jae-eng
Yun Je-mun
Kim Rwe-ha
Park No-shik
Im Pil-sung
Production
Jo Neung-yeon - Co-Producer
Choi Yong-bae - Producer
Choi Yong-bae - Executive Producer
Kim Woo-taek - Executive Producer
Jeong Tae-sung - Executive Producer
Production Companies
Chungeorahm Film
ShowBox Entertainment
Happinet Pictures Co. Ltd.
Writer
Bong Joon-Ho
Ha Jun-weon
Baek Cheol-hyeon
Music
Lee Byeong-woo
