· 2006

The Host

Bong Joon-ho
environmental disaster family bonds government incompetence creature feature urban survival
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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.

Year2006
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DirectorBong Joon-ho
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