South Korea Synopsis
구미호 가족
The Kumiho family circus in town — and with it, apparently, a mysterious murderer. The members of motherless family aren’t helping their case with their strange remarks about humans and their initial performances, cavalcades of dismemberment and torrents of blood which terrify the local kids. Pretty soon, a dour, downbeat cop is on the tail of the plucky, bumbling Kumihos. Or rather, tails — “kumiho” is the word for the fox spirits of Korean mythology, and this clan from Nam Mountain near Seoul, temporarily disguised as people thanks to a magic spell, must eat human livers during a brief, once-in-a-millennium lunar eclipse to shed their foxy nature and assume permanent human form. When the sleazy reprobate on the run from mobsters stumbles into their eerie household, he soon finds himself a little too enthusiastically involved in their scheming after human flesh—and involved with the sexy elder-sister fox spirit as well!
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Comedy + Fantasy in South Korea
41 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Fox Family itself).
The 2005–2007 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2005-2007 South Korea release window, The Fox Family sits at #111 of 122. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 46 titles released, including The Fox Family. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (321 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 45 other South Korea films in 2006.
The 257th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 7% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 14th percentile among South Korea films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,265 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (9th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.2 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Comedy productions specifically: #391 of 427 (top 92%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Myung Films, MK Pictures, Seoul Film Commission, Pancinema, KD Media |
| Runtime | 1h 41m |
| Release Date | September 28, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0891496 |