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The Host

7.020062h 15MovieHorrorDramaScience Fiction

A 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.

DirectorBong Joon Ho
WritersBong Joon Ho·Baek Chul-hyun
ProducersChoi Yong-bae·Cho Neung-yeon

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Availability shown for United Kingdom · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Bong Joon Ho

SKSong Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho
Park Gang-du
BHByun Hee-bong
Byun Hee-bong
Park Hie-bong
PHPark Hae-il
Park Hae-il
Park Nam-il
BDBae Doona
Bae Doona
Park Nam-joo
KAKo Asung
Ko Asung
Park Hyun-seo
ODOh Dal-su
Oh Dal-su
The Monster (voice)
LJLee Jae-eung
Lee Jae-eung
Se-jin
LD
Lee Dong-ho
Se-joo
YJYoon Je-moon
Yoon Je-moon
Homeless Man
YPYim Pil-sung
Yim Pil-sung
Fat Guevara
KRKim Roi-ha
Kim Roi-ha
Yellow Suit at Funeral
KSKoh Soo-hee
Koh Soo-hee
Hostage nurse

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