The Host (2006) - Credits and Details

The Host Credits and Details

Directed by
	Bong Joon Ho
Written by
	Bong Joon Ho	...	screenplay
	Won-jun Ha	...	screenplay
	Chul-hyun Baek	...	screenplay
Cast
	Song Kang-ho	...	Park Gang-Doo
	Byun Hee-Bong	...	Park Hie-bong (as Byun Hee-bong)
	Park Hae-il	...	Park Nam-il
	Bae Doona	...	Park Nam-joo (as Bae Doo-na)
	Ko Ah-sung	...	Park Hyun-seo
	Oh Dal-su	...	The Monster (voice)
	Lee Jae-eung	...	Se-jin (as Jae-eung Lee)
	Dong-ho Lee	...	Se-joo
	Yun Je-mun	...	Homeless Man
	Yim Pil-sung	...	Fat Guevara
	Kim Roe-ha	...	Hazmat Suit Man at Funeral
	Yu Yeon-su	...	District officer Mr. Jo (as Yeon-su Yu)
	Park No-shik	...	Inquiry officer
	Go Su-hee	...	Hostage nurse (as Go Soo-hee)
	Scott Wilson	...	Douglas
	Kim Hak-sun	...	Civilian Military Mr. Kim (as Kim Hak-seon)
	Paul Lazar	...	American Doctor
	Brian Rhee	...	Young Korean Doctor (as Brian Lee)
	David Anselmo	...	Donald (as David Joseph Anselmo)
	Seung-Ri Shin	...	Donald's girlfriend
	Kwon Byung-gil	...	Isolation Ward Doctor 1
	Son Jin-ho	...	Isolation Ward Doctor 2
	Baek Do-bin	...	Skinny Man in Fumigation Truck
	Jeong-gi Park	...	Dyed-hair Man in Fumigation Truck
	Jeong In-gi	...	Isolation Ward Doctor
	Park Jin-woo	...	Isolation Ward Constable
	Maeng Bong-hak	...	Fisherman 1
	Son Jin-hwan	...	Fisherman 2 (as Jin-Hwan Son)
	Hyeok-poong Kwon	...	Mr. Yoon
	Shin Hyun-jong	...	Mr. Yoon's friend
	Jung Kang-hee	...	Mr. Yoon's Employee
	Yoo Seung-mok	...	Taxi Driver
	Eung-Jae Lee	...	Couple Man
	Jin-Sun Kim	...	Couple Woman (as Da-yeong Kim)
	Kyeong-Mok Park	...	Groom-to-be
	Kwon Bang-hyeon	...	Bride-to-be
	Ba-da Kim	...	Photographer
	Sang-Jo Kim	...	Old Security Guard
	Doo-Yeong Choi	...	Man on Blind Date
	Kyeong-Ha Song	...	Woman on Blind Date
	Jong-Yoon Lee	...	4th Mat 1
	Lee Dong-yong	...	4th Mat 2
	Hyeong-Ho Jeong	...	4th Mat 3
	Da-Yeon Kim	...	5th Mat Woman
	Ha-Geon Ji	...	Camera Phone Man
	Hee-Ra Moon	...	Camera Phone Woman
	Seo-Yoon Gong	...	Woman with long hair (as Se-a Han)
	Hoon-Jin Lee	...	Fat Man
	Ra Mi-ran	...	Woman Stomping Her Feet
	Ha-Neul Seo	...	Exchanged Girl
	Son Yeong-soon	...	Grandmother from bus
	Seung-jin Lee	...	Girl's Father
	Choi Dae-sung	...	Duck Boat Man
	Kim Nan-hee	...	Duck Boat Woman
	Min Kyung-jin	...	Altar Security Guard
	Choo-wol Kim	...	Crying Woman
	Kim Bi-bi	...	Isolation Ward Nurse 1
	Hyo-Sun Kim	...	Quarantine Hospital Nurse 2
	Choi Jae-sup	...	Detective Agency Subordinate 1
	Chang-Ryul Kim	...	Detective Agency Subordinate 2
	Kim Dae-Geun	...	Detective Agency Subordinate 3
	Yeol-Seok Sung	...	Infectious Disease Force 1
	Jo Young-gyu	...	Detective 1
	Jo Deok-jae	...	Detective 2
	Choi Gyo-sik	...	Detective 3
	Jong-jun Kim	...	Firing Police
	Ko Chang-seok	...	Containment Assistant 1
	In-su Yu	...	Containment Assistant 2
	Wonjo Jeong	...	Wacky Male Protester
	Young-ju Seo	...	Wacky Female Protester (as Yeong-ju Seo)
	Martin Lord Cayce	...	U.S. Senator (as Martin E. Cayce)
	Clinton Morgan	...	A.Y Agent
	Il-gu Choi	...	News Anchor
	Won-Jang Kim	...	News Reporter
	Hyung-seo Yoo	...	News Reporter
	Byung-Hoon Kim	...	Voice Appearance (voice)
	Won-gi Hong	...	News Reporter
	Jeong-ae Song	...	Voice Appearance (voice)
	Kang Hee-Seon	...	A.Y Announcement
	Jin-Young Jo	...	Voice Appearance (voice)
	Cristen Cho	...	A.Y Announcement
	Jun-ho Lee	...	Voice Appearance (voice)
	Wang-woo Lee	...	News Reporter
	Philip Hersh	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Produced by
	Joon-hwan Choi	...	co-executive producer
	Yong-bae Choi	...	producer
	Junyoung Jang	...	co-producer
	Neung-yeon Joh	...	producer
	Lewis Taewan Kim	...	co-producer
	Jeong Tae-sung	...	executive producer
	Kim Woo-taek	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Byung-woo Lee
Special Effects by
	Julie Anderson	...	project coordinator
	Toby Barron	...	painter / sculptor
	Brett Beacham	...	foam latex fabricator / mold maker
	Janine Bray	...	hair technician
	Teisha Brook	...	project coordinator
	John Cox	...	animatronics supervisor: John Cox's creature Workshop
	Liam Hardy	...	painter / sculptor
	Josh Head	...	foam latex fabricator / mold maker
	Tobias Jahke	...	foam latex fabricator / mold maker
	Heui-cheol Jang	...	special creature effects
	Byung-ki Kim	...	special effects: Future Vision
	Richard Mueck	...	painter / sculptor
	Cheryl Newton	...	hair technician
	Steven Parker	...	painter / sculptor
	James Paul	...	animatronics / on-set technician
	David Renn	...	painter / sculptor
	Steven Renn	...	animatronics
	Mark Sloane	...	animatronics
	Sonny Tilders	...	animatronics
Visual Effects by
	Lucile Abiven	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Adarsh Abraham	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Nithyan Abraham	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Gino Acevedo	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Poorva Adarkar	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Douglas Aiken	...	visual effects artist: The Orphanage
	Shadi Almassizadeh	...	computer graphics supervisor
	Lynn Andrews	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Ian Bach	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Art Bagdasaryan	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Natalie Baillie	...	compositor
	Traci Balthazor	...	animator: The Orphanage
	Robert Barker	...	systems engineer
	Justin Barrett	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Rob Bekuhrs	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Marcus Boos	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Kirstin Bradfield	...	compositor
	Holly E. Bratton	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Janine Monique Brauns	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Hernán Bressan	...	visual effects artist: The Orphanage
	Cecile Tecson Broas	...	digital compositor
	Juan Bronson	...	visual effects coordinator
	Glenn Bundesmann	...	digital compositor
	Daniela Calafatello	...	modeler
	Francis L. Camacho	...	matchmove artist
	Josh Cardenas	...	digital artist
	Elizabeth Carlon	...	compositor: The Orphanage
	Carrie Cassada	...	visual effects editor
	Irfan Celik	...	lead look development artist
	Wei Chin Chen	...	matchmove artist
	Eddie Chew	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Jeremy Cho	...	lead 2D paint artist / lead roto artist
	YouJin Choung	...	compositor
	Paul Cichocki	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Brendan Coffey	...	information technology director
	Webster Colcord	...	animation supervisor
	Kathleen Cosby	...	digital artist
	Roger Cowland	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Kevin Coyle	...	rotoscope artist
	Stéphane Cros	...	creature rigger
	Joe C. D'Amato	...	support
	Rif Dagher	...	lead digital artist
	Bruce Dahl	...	animator
	Dominic Daigle	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Pallavi Devabhaktuni	...	digital paint and rotoscope artist: The Orphanage
	Tim Dobbert	...	matchmove supervisor
	Rama Dunayevich	...	publicist: The Orphanage
	Greg Dunn	...	systems engineer
	Greg Durrett	...	matchmove artist
	Trina Espinoza	...	digital artist
	Katharine Evans	...	rotoscope artist
	Simon Eves	...	software development
	Nathan Fariss	...	lead digital artist
	Jesse Fernley	...	compositor
	Arin Finger	...	visual effects producer
	Amanda Finkelberg	...	visual effects artist: The Orphanage
	Sharon Fitzgerald	...	recruiter
	Spence Fuller	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Manuel J. García	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Marcelo G. García	...	visual effects
	Kate Geaghan	...	support
	David Gladstein	...	software development
	Daniel Gloates	...	senior staff: The Orphanage
	Justin Granger	...	visual effects artist: The Orphanage
	Juli Gumbiner	...	manager of support and resource admin
	Tyler Ham	...	matchmove artist
	Mark Hamilton	...	digital artist
	Jonathan Harman	...	senior technical director
	Marianne Heath	...	rotoscope artist
	Paul Hettler	...	senior visual effects producer
	Ki Jong Hong	...	creature rigger / creature technical director
	Sunghwan Hong	...	rotoscope artist
	Kevin Hoppe	...	matchmover: The Orphanage
	Lindsay M. Hoppe	...	rotoscope artist
	Jessica Hsieh	...	rotoscope artist
	Tony Hurd	...	production operations manager: The Orphanage
	Michael Larry Hutchinson	...	visual effects assistant editor
	Choi Jae-cheon	...	visual effects supervisor
	Park Jae-wook	...	digital artist
	Michael Janov	...	lead digital artist
	Steve Jaworski	...	lead compositor
	Howard Jones	...	compositing supervisor: The Orphanage
	Sung-jin Jung	...	visual effects supervisor
	Karen Kelly	...	visual effects coordinator
	Kenny Khoo	...	Stereo Supervisor
	Brook Kievit	...	modeler
	Anne Kim	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Kelly Kim	...	visual effects coordinator
	Seryong Kim	...	visual effects consultant
	SeungJang 'Jack' Kim	...	modeler
	Makoto Koyama	...	animator
	Scott Kravitz	...	animator
	Heath Kraynak	...	rotoscope artist
	Michal Kriukow	...	digital artist
	Brian Kulig	...	CG sequence supervisor / pipeline software developer
	Jessica Lai	...	matchmove artist
	David H. Lam	...	resource technical assistant
	Jeon Hyoung Lee	...	visual effects
	Ju-won Lee	...	digital compositor
	Soyoun Lee	...	rotoscope artist
	Michael Lester	...	matchmove artist
	Jimmy Lillard	...	visual effects assistant editor
	Kymber Lim	...	visual effects consultant
	Todd Lindo	...	manager of support and resource admin
	Kenneth Littleton	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Ting Lo	...	matchmoving artist
	Daniel Loeb	...	animator
	Jonathan Lyons	...	animator
	Kevin Mains	...	resource technical assistant
	Stuart T. Maschwitz	...	senior staff: The Orphanage
	Kyle McCulloch	...	compositor
	Dan McNamara	...	senior staff: The Orphanage
	Neil Michka	...	lead animator
	Matt Moses	...	visual effects artist
	Il Hwan Na	...	digital compositor
	Ross Nakamura	...	roto/paint artist: The Orphanage
	Shoban Narayanan	...	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
	Luke O'Byrne	...	visual effects executive producer
	Michael Oregon	...	support
	Alex Orzulak	...	resource technical assistant
	David Parsons	...	animator
	Christopher Paul	...	matchmove artist
	David Petry	...	matchmove artist
	Alexander Pouchkarev	...	modeler
	Alex Prichard	...	lead compositor
	Ralph Procida	...	digital artist
	Kevin Rafferty	...	visual effects supervisor
	Nina Rappaport	...	visual effects consultant
	Dav Rauch	...	compositor
	Aaron Rhodes	...	rotoscope supervisor
	Grover Richardson	...	rotoscope artist
	Corey Rosen	...	creature supervisor
	Jonathan Rothbart	...	visual effects supervising consultant: The Orphanage
	Salvador Ruiz	...	animator: The Orphanage
	Jesse Russell	...	compositor
	Marc Sadeghi	...	executive visual effects producer
	Moshe Sayada	...	compositor
	Joe Scarr	...	digital artist
	Andrew Schneider	...	lead animator
	Charles Schwartz	...	matchmove artist
	Stan Seo	...	modeler
	Mark Shoaf	...	digital compositor: The Orphanage
	Nick Sinnott	...	matchmove artist
	Michael Spaw	...	CG sequence supervisor
	David Stern-Gottfried	...	resource technical assistant
	Scott Stewart	...	senior staff: The Orphanage
	Carsten Sørensen	...	senior staff: The Orphanage
	Lisa Todd	...	visual effects digital production manager
	Andi Toker	...	rotoscope artist
	Brian Tolle	...	matchmove lead
	Jan Van Buyten	...	animator
	Brent Villalobos	...	software development
	Carl Walters	...	editorial supervisor
	Renee Ward	...	visual effects production assistant
	Ken Wesley	...	digital artist
	Mary Beth Worzella	...	visual effects digital production manager
	Tiffany Wu	...	matchmove/roto coordinator
	Jeremy Yabrow	...	software development manager
	Andrea Yelle	...	human resources
	Danyo Donghyun Yoon	...	pre-visualization artist
Stunts
	Baek Dong-hyeon	...	stunts
	Jang Han-Seung	...	stunts
	Joo-hyun Jo	...	stunts
	Yoon-sung Jung	...	stunts
	I-ho Kim	...	stunts
	Kwi-deok Kwon	...	stunts
	Hyung-Kil Lee	...	stunts
	Seo ji-oh Lee	...	stunts
	Seung-Eok Seo	...	stunts
	Song Won-Jong	...	stunts
	Kim Won-jung	...	stunt performer
	Dae-won Yoon	...	stunts
	Jeong-suk Yun	...	stunts

Additional Info
Premiere:	May 21, 2006
Theatrical Release:	March 09, 2007
DVD Release:	July 24, 2007
Blu-ray Release:	July 24, 2007
Country:
Distributor:	Magnolia Pictures
Websites:

Ratings
7.2 / 10	7.1 / 10	85 / 100

Alternate Titles
Gwoemul

Production Companies
Nintendo Entertainment (Presents) (remastering version)
Sega Sammy Entertainment (Presents)
Chungeorahm Film (production)
Boston Investments (in association with)
CJ E&M Film Financing & Investment Entertainment & Comics
CJ E&M Pictures
CJ Venture Investment (in association with)
Cowell Investment Capital Co. (in association with)
Happinet (in association with)
IMM Venture Capital (in association with)
Knowledge & Creation Ventures (in association with)
M-Venture Investment (in association with)
OCN (in association with)
Sego Entertainment (in association with)
Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) (in association with)
Tube Pictures (in association with)

Distributors
Magnolia Pictures (2007) (United States) (subtitled) (theatrical)
CJ Entertainment (2006) (World-wide)
Magnolia Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Magnolia Magnet (2008) (United States)
Pluto TV (2023) (United States) (video)
The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (digital) (TV)

Filming Locations
Dong-ho Bridge, Seoul, South Korea
Han-gang Bridge, Seoul, South Korea
Seo-gang Bridge, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul, South Korea
South Korea
Wonhyo Bridge, Seoul, South Korea

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