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The Fox Family
2006 South Korean film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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.
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Cast
- Joo Hyun as Father fox
- Park Jun-gyu as Gi-dong, camera man
- Ha Jung-woo as Son fox
- Park Si-yeon as Older daughter fox
- Ko Joo-yeon as Younger daughter fox
- Sunwoo Yong-nyeo as Mother fox
- Park Chul-min as detective
- Woo Hyun as Mr. Hong
- Yoon Hyeon-sook as Ms. Hwang
- Wang Ji-hye as convenience store girl
- Kang Yu-mi as female reporter
- Kim Hee-ra as man living in the container
- Byun Joo-yeon as Gi-dong's daughter
- Byun Shin-ho as elderly lady Oh
- Lee Bong-kyu as bathhouse owner
- Hong Gyung-yeon as middle aged woman in cabaret
- Kim Young-woong as reporter
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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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