2006 South Korean film
The Fox Family (Korean: 구미호 가족; RR: Gumiho Gajok) is a 2006 South Korean film. Made on a budget of ₩3.5 billion (US$3.8 million), the film is a musical comedy about the kumiho of Korean mythology.[1]
Plot
Disguising themselves as humans, a family of kumiho travel from their home in the mountains to the city. The kumiho can only truly become human if they consume a human liver during an eclipse that occurs once every thousand years, and with just thirty days to go they open a circus in the hope of attracting some victims. But the only person they succeed in capturing is conman Gi-dong, and things get complicated when the family's eldest daughter falls in love with him. In addition, a series of murders in the city brings the family under suspicion from a local police department.
Cast
- Joo Hyun ... Father fox
- Park Jun-gyu ... Gi-dong, camera man
- Ha Jung-woo ... Son fox
- Park Si-yeon ... Older daughter fox
- Ko Joo-yeon ... Younger daughter fox
- Sunwoo Yong-nyeo ... Mother fox
- Park Chul-min ... detective
- Woo Hyun ... Mr. Hong
- Yoon Hyeon-sook ... Ms. Hwang
- Wang Ji-hye ... convenience store girl
- Kang Yu-mi ... female reporter
- Kim Hee-ra ... man living in the container
- Byun Joo-yeon ... Gi-dong's daughter
- Byun Shin-ho ... elderly lady Oh
- Lee Bong-kyu ... bathhouse owner
- Hong Gyung-yeon ... middle aged woman in cabaret
- Kim Young-woong ... reporter
Release
The Fox Family was released in South Korea on 27 September 2006,[2] and on its opening weekend was ranked seventh at the box office with 39,025 admissions.[3] The film went on to receive a total of 202,990 admissions nationwide,[2] with a gross (as of 8 October 2006) of US$806,638.[4]
In August 2007, The Fox Family was screened at the 3rd Jecheon International Music & Film Festival.[5]
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