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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Budget

$11,000,000

Runtime

120 min

Box Office

$88,489,643

Released Jul 2006

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Directed by

Bong Joon Ho

Written byBaek Chul-hyun, Bong Joon Ho

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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)

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Song Kang-ho

Byun Hee-bong

Park Hae-il

Bae Doona

Ko A-sung

Oh Dal-su

Lee Jae-eung

Lee Dong-ho

Yoon Je-moon

Yim Pil-sung

Kim Roi-ha

Koh Soo-hee

Kim Hak-seon

Scott Wilson

Bong Joon Ho

Baek Chul-hyun

Bong Joon Ho

Choi Yong-bae

Lee Byung-woo

Kim Hyung-koo

Kim Sun-min

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