THE HoST

The Host is a 2006 South Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho. It was released on July 27, 2006 and exceeded 6 million viewers on the morning of August 6, 2006. This made it the 8th most popular movie in South Korean cinematic history. As of September 10, 2006, this is the highest grossing South Korean film of all time, with its 12.5 million viewers beating the recent winner The King and the Clown which attracted 12.3 million people. This film was in part inspired by an incident in 2000 in which a mortician working for the U.S. military in Seoul dumped a large amount of formaldehyde down the drain. In addition to its environmental impact, this has added some antagonism against the United States.

Main cast
Park Hee-Bong, father; Byeon Hee-bong
Park Gang-Du, elder son; Song Kang-ho
Park Nam-Il, son ; Park Hae-il
Park Nam-Joo, daughter; Bae Du-na
Park Hyun-Seo, daughter of Gang-du ; Go Ah-Sung
Voice of the monster ; Oh Dal-su

Reception
This film became South Korea's all time box office champion in early September, selling more than 12.3 million tickets since its release just over a month ago in a country of 48.5 million.
The Host was released in the UK on November 10th 2006. This was its first official release outside of film festivals, outside Asia and Australia.
Its CG is done by Orphanage, which also did CG of The Day After Tomorrow.
The film ended with a reception of over 13 million people on November 8th.
Over 2,000 monsters were designed.

Foreign actors
Two foreign actors that starred in the movie, David Anselmo and Clinton Morgan, were deported from Korea for violating Article 20 of Korea's immigration law, that foreigners may not engage in activities other than those specifically specified in one's sojourn status.