The Host

The Host

Man has made his newest predator.

2006•2h 0m•7.0/10

HorrorDramaScience Fiction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(3K)

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.

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Production

Chungeorahm Film, Showbox

Language

KO

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho

Park Gang-du

Byun Hee-bong

Byun Hee-bong

Park Hie-bong

Park Hae-il

Park Hae-il

Park Nam-il

Bae Doona

Bae Doona

Park Nam-joo

Ko A-sung

Ko A-sung

Park Hyun-seo

Oh Dal-su

Oh Dal-su

The Monster (voice)

Lee Jae-eung

Lee Jae-eung

Se-jin

Lee Dong-ho

Se-joo

Yoon Je-moon

Yoon Je-moon

Homeless Man

Yim Pil-sung

Yim Pil-sung

Fat Guevara

Kim Roi-ha

Kim Roi-ha

Yellow Suit at Funeral

Koh Soo-hee

Koh Soo-hee

Hostage nurse

Kim Hak-seon

Kim Hak-seon

Civilian Military Kim

Scott Wilson

Scott Wilson

Douglas

Brian Rhee

Young Korean Doctor

Paul Lazar

Paul Lazar

American Doctor

David Anselmo

David Anselmo

Donald

Baek Do-bin

Baek Do-bin

Fumigation Truck Skinny Man

Martin Lord Cayce

U.S. Senator (uncredited)

Choi Dae-sung

Choi Dae-sung

Man from Duck Boat (uncredited)

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