The Host
No Longer Playing
2006 121 min
In Korean
Picked by Tae-nyun Kim, Front of House
Bong Joon-ho’s take on the creature feature is a signature Bong genre-bender, combining unabashed big-screen spectacle with sharp social satire for an environmentally-minded, anti-imperialist monster movie that has teeth in more ways than one. The highest-grossing South Korean film of all time upon its release in 2006, The Host has only grown more relevant in the 14 years since its completion.
Tae-nyun says: A classic Bong hit in honor of my 할아버지 (grandfather), rest easy.
In Korean with English subtitles
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