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

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

The Fox with Nine Tails was released on 24 July 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=04719|title=The fox with nine tails (Gumiho)|year=1994|work=Korean Movie Database|accessdate=28 December 2008}}

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