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.
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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.
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
Release
The Fox Family was released in South Korea on 27 September 2006, and on its opening weekend was ranked seventh at the box office with 39,025 admissions. The film went on to receive a total of 202,990 admissions nationwide, with a gross (as of 8 October 2006) of US$806,638.
In August 2007, The Fox Family was screened at the 3rd Jecheon International Music & Film Festival.