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!
The 2005–2007 South Korea Window
122 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Fox Family sits at position #111.
Other Titles From Myung Films
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Fox Family premiered. 321 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
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 |