The Fox with Nine Tails
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Fox with Nine Tails
| image = The Fox with Nine Tails film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Korean|child=yes|hide=no|header=none
| hangul = 구미호
| hanja = {{linktext|九|尾|狐|}}
| rr = Gumiho
| mr = Kumiho }}
| director = Park Heon-su
| producer = Shin Chul
Yu Hyeok-ju
Ha Gwang-hwi
| writer = Park Heon-su
| starring = Ko So-young
Jung Woo-sung
| music = Lee Dong-jun
| cinematography = Ku Jung-mo
| editing = Park Soon-duk
| distributor = ShinCine Communications
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1994|7|23}}
| runtime = 107 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Fox with Nine Tails ({{ko-hhrm|구미호||Gumiho}}) is a 1994 South Korean film. It was the first feature film by the director Park Heon-su. It was also the film debut of the leading actors Ko So-young and Jung Woo-sung, who later starred together in Beat (1997) and Love (1999).{{cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.org/actors.html#kosy|title=Ko So-young|work=Koreanfilm.org|accessdate=28 December 2008}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.org/actors.html#jungws|title=Jung Woo-sung|work=Koreanfilm.org|accessdate=28 December 2008}}
Plot
Harah is a kumiho in the guise of a beautiful young woman, who desperately desires to become human. She falls in love with a charming taxi driver, Hyuk, and tries to use him to achieve her goal. But an agent from hell has been sent to track down and destroy her.
Cast
- Ko So-young ... Harah
- Jung Woo-sung ... Hyuk
- Dokgo Young-jae
- Bang Eun-hee
- Lee Ki-young
- Lee Gun-hee
- Seo Gi-woong
- Kwon Hae-hyo
- Ahn Suk-hwan
- So Il-seop
Production
The Fox with Nine Tails was the first Korean film to use computer-generated imagery and it foreshadowed other changes in the Korean film industry by pioneering the fantasy genre and using chaebol funds from the Byuksan Group to cover the budget."[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/common/modules/Download.jsp?filePath=/eng/publication&fileName=history10_369.pdf Advances in Visual Technology]", Introduction to Korean Film pp. 369. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 28 December 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115054259/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/common/modules/Download.jsp?filePath=/eng/publication&fileName=history10_369.pdf |date=15 November 2008 }} The opening scenes of the film depicting hell used approximately 200 extras, with the set costing in the region {{SK won|100,000,000}} ({{USD|125,000}}).
Release
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0277725}}
- {{kmdb film|04719}}
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Category:1990s Korean-language films
Category:1990s South Korean films
Category:South Korean supernatural horror films
Category:South Korean romance films
Category:South Korean fantasy films
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