A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
- Awards
- 29 wins & 36 nominations
Byun Hee-Bong
- Park Hie-bong
- (as Byun Hee-bong)
Bae Doona
- Park Nam-Joo
- (as Bae Doo-na)
Oh Dal-su
- The Monster
- (voice)
- (as Dal-su Oh)
Lee Jae-eung
- Se-jin
- (as Jae-eung Lee)
Yun Je-mun
- Homeless Man
- (as Je-mun Yun)
Pil-sung Yim
- Fat Guevara
- (as Pil-Sung Yim)
Kim Roe-ha
- Hazmat Suit Man at Funeral
- (as Roe-ha Kim)
Yu Yeon-su
- District officer Mr. Jo
- (as Yeon-su Yu)
Go Su-hee
- Hostage nurse
- (as Su-hee Go)
Brian Rhee
- Young Korean Doctor
- (as Brian Lee)
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- Writers
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- TriviaCo-Writer and Director Bong Joon Ho and the designer of the creature nicknamed it Steve Buscemi, based on the actor's screen persona and the way he acted in Fargo (1996).
- GoofsThe sewage they are searching the monster in, is dry and clean.
- Quotes
Park Gang-Du: Let's have a cold one. Here.
[He hands Hyun-seo a can of beer]
Park Hyun-seo: This is alcohol.
Park Gang-Du: Well, you're in middle school now.
- Crazy creditsJust before the credits ends, you can hear a loud roar of the monster.
- Alternate versionsThere are two versions in circulation, the worldwide theatrical release, and another, edited cut available in Croatia. Runtines are, respectively, "2h (120 min)" and "1h 50m (110 min) (DVD) (Croatia)".
Featured review
This is a movie which will go straight into "best monster movies" lists; it is ground-breaking in the way humorous and horror content has been intertwined by a master film director. It was the closing film, shown last night (July 30) in the Auckland International Film Festival. There was a packed house of which about 60% were Korean people living in New Zealand. The audience was very attentive and the reception given to the movie was justly big applause. The animatronic effects have been done scrupulously well and viewers can look forward to being enthralled by the skills of those who "made the monster". We got the print which had come straight from Cannes and apparently the film opened just two days before we saw it in Auckland. There is no doubt that this movie will go on to do very big business wherever people appreciate great horror films. My inclination to rate it 10/10 was tempered only by a little doubt about the pacing of some sequences, but it is certainly worth 9/10. Look out for when it comes to a theater near you.
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- Also known as
- Monster
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Box office
- Budget
- ₩12,215,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,201,923
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $320,000
- Mar 11, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $89,433,506
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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