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Gwoemul (2006) -- A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and focuses its attention on attacking people.
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Chul-hyun Baek (writer)
Joon-ho Bong (writer)
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Release Date:
27 July 2006 (South Korea) more
Tagline:
It is Lurking Behind You more
Plot:
A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and focuses its attention on attacking people. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
18 wins & 13 nominations more
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(22 articles)
Thirst DVD Review
 (From Collider.com. 29 November 2009, 7:57 AM, PST)

The Host Director Bong Joon-ho Chats About His Upcoming Sci-Fi Project, Snow Piercer
 (From Slash Film. 13 October 2009, 11:18 AM, PDT)

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Best "Monster FX" in years! more (218 total)

Cast

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Kang-ho Song ... Park Gang-Du
Hie-bong Byeon ... Park Hie-bong
Hae-il Park ... Park Nam-il
Du-na Bae ... Park Nam-Joo
Ah-sung Ko ... Park Hyun-seo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

David Joseph Anselmo ... Donald
Martin Lord Cayce ... U.S. Senator
Cristen Cho

Philip Hersh ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Paul Lazar ... US Doctor trying to operate Gang-Du
Brian Lee
Kurt Leitner ... Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Clinton Morgan ... Agent Yellow
Dal-su Oh ... The Monster (voice)
No-shik Park

Brian Rhee ... Young Korean Doctor (as Brian Lee)
Scott Wilson ... US Doctor in Morgue
Pil-Sung Yim ... Fat Guevara
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Host (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for creature violence and language.
Runtime:
119 min | Croatia:110 min (DVD)
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1.85 : 1 more
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The director designed all of the creature's movements. He compared it to directing an actor. more
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Revealing mistakes: When Kang-ho Song's character receives a tissue sample, there is no wound in the remaining scenes, even though he was screaming in pain. more
Quotes:
US Doctor trying to operate Gang-Du: [speaking to his colleague in private] The late Sgt. Donald, the first one classified as a victim of the virus, was given an extensive autopsy and no virus was found. He died of shock during the operation. Also, no traces of the virus were found in any of the patients quarantined. Simply put, so far, there is no virus whatsoever.
Park Gang-Du: [in English] Huh? No virus?
[in Korean]
Park Gang-Du: You mean there's no virus? Right? There's no virus!
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115 out of 153 people found the following comment useful.
Best "Monster FX" in years!, 8 August 2006
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Author: Denny Carr from Australia

I just saw this film at the 2006 Melbourne International Film Festival. So invigorating to see a fantasy type film in a great setting on a big beautiful screen. Full house (aprox 400-500 people)Classic old theatre style of The Regent Theatre in the heart of Melbourne city.

What a great surprise to see a quality entertaining monster flick. You might begin to think as I tend to that the rest of your cinema going days will be spent avoiding such appalling Hollywood "Crap-busters" such as Godzilla or (enter current relevant movie here ;-) This film proves that adults can still be taken back...taken back to staring at the silver screen in wonder. It further proves, that a fantasy/adventure monster film can be a serious and funny film at the same time. Formula defying, original, intelligent... comical and sad. Comedy with pathos (just like real life refusing to fit neatly into categories)...very clever film making. Even with the alleged fear of subtitles, I would think there was a massive audience for this film amongst English speaking audiences...if only they would be given the chance to see it. Where's the mainstream distribution in Australia for a film like this? Best special effects and monster effects I've seen in years!

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