
Okja(2017)
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.


“Man has made his newest predator.”
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.

Song Kang-ho
Park Gang-du

Byun Hee-bong
Park Hie-bong

Park Hae-il
Park Nam-il

Bae Doona
Park Nam-joo

Ko A-sung
Park Hyun-seo

Oh Dal-su
The Monster (voice)

Lee Jae-eung
Se-jin
Lee Dong-ho
Se-joo

Yoon Je-moon
Homeless Man

Yim Pil-sung
Fat Guevara
The Host is a horror, drama, science fiction film released in 2006 exploring themes of daughter, pollution, monster, river, bravery, sewerage. Directed by Bong Joon Ho, it stars Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il. 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.
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