Awards and nominations :
The Host won 18 awards and received a further 10 nominations.
Won
- Fantasporto (International Fantasy Film Award)
- Best Director, Joon-ho Bong
- Grand Bell Award, South Korea
- Best Director Joon-ho Bong
- Best Editing Seon Min Kim
Nominations
- Saturn Awards
- Best International Film
- Best Performance by a Young Actor, Ah-Sung Ko
- Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
- Best Actor Kang-ho Song
- Best Citematography Hyung-ku Kim
- Best Supporting Actor Hie-bong Byeon
- Best Supporting Actress Ah-Sung Ko
- Best Film
As it has for ages past, the Han River continues to pierce the very center of the capital city Seoul. But one day in 2000, through an "unfortunate incident," a mysterious creature is conceived in the waters of the river. As the creature slowly starts to grow in the depths of the river, people fail to sense signs of an impending disaster, devoting themselves to the Korea-Japan World Cup soccer finals, the presidential elections, and to their everyday lives. Then one day in 2005, in front of countless citizens taking a stroll and enjoying the weekend on the banks of the Han River, the creature reveals itself in a shocking display of horror.
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