Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 03/23/07 Home Video 07/24/07 MPAA Rating Rated R for creature violence and language Running Time 1 hour 59 minutes Genre Horror, Sci-Fi, Action Director Bong Joon-ho Writer Bong Joon-ho, Hah Joon-won, Baek Chul-hyun Cast Song Kang-ho, Byun Hie-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doo-na, Ah-sung Ko Studio Magnolia Pictures |
THE HOST
SYNOPSIS
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.
-- © Magnolia Pictures
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.
-- © Magnolia Pictures
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