27 Jul 2006
The Host
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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Lee Sanghee Ryeon-hee
Yoon Eun-ji Yeon-hee
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