{{Other uses|Fox Family (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox film | name = The Fox Family | image = The Fox Family film poster.jpg | caption = South Korean theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox Korean film name/auto|hangul=^구미호 가족|hanja=九尾狐 家族}} | director = Lee Hyung-gon | producer = Shim Jae-myung<br />Lee Ha-na<br />Kim Hyeon-cheol | writer = Jeon Hyeon-jin<br />Park Eun-ah | starring = Joo Hyun<br />Park Jun-gyu<br />Ha Jung-woo<br />Park Si-yeon<br />Ko Joo-yeon | music = Bang Jun-seok<br />Lee Byung-hoon<br>Dalpalan | cinematography = Choi Jin-woong | editing = Gwon Gi-suk | studio = Myung Films<br>KD Media<br>Pancinema | distributor = MK Pictures | released = {{Film date|2006|9|27}} | runtime = 102 minutes | country = South Korea | language = Korean | budget = {{USD|3.8 million}} | gross = {{USD|806,638}} }} '''''The Fox Family''''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^구미호 가족|rr=yes}}) is a 2006 South Korean film. Made on a budget of {{SK won|3.5 billion}} ({{USD|3.8 million}}), the film is a musical comedy about the kumiho of Korean mythology.<ref>Park, Soo-mee. "[http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2875489 <nowiki>[DVD Review]</nowiki> Foxes have atrocious pick-up lines]". ''JoongAng Daily'', 14 May 2007. Retrieved on 7 December 2008.</ref>
== 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,<ref name="Koreanfilm.org">"[http://www.koreanfilm.org/films2006.html#boxoffice Commercial Releases in 2006: Box-Office Admission Results]". ''Koreanfilm.org''. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.</ref> and on its opening weekend was ranked seventh at the box office with 39,025 admissions.<ref>"[http://www.hancinema.net/korean_boxoffice.php?weekend=2006.09.29+%7E+2006.10.01&title=HanCinema+News&email=&uri=hancinema%2FAUJj&loc=en_US Korean Box Office]" (2006.09.29 – 2006.10.01). ''HanCinema''. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.</ref> The film went on to receive a total of 202,990 admissions nationwide,<ref name="Koreanfilm.org" /> with a gross (as of 8 October 2006) of {{USD|806,638}}.<ref>"[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/korea/?yr=2006&wk=40&p=.htm South Korea Box Office October 6–8, 2006]". ''Box Office Mojo''. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.</ref>
In August 2007, ''The Fox Family'' was screened at the 3rd Jecheon International Music & Film Festival.<ref>D'Sa, Nigel. "[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=749 Jecheon Fest Highlights Music-themed Films]". ''Korean Film Council'', 7 August 2007. Retrieved on 7 December 2008.</ref>
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == * {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20061205110740/http://www.mkpictures.co.kr/movie/02_making/making4.asp}} {{in lang|ko}} * {{kmdb film|07314|The Fox Family}} * {{IMDb title|0891496|The Fox Family}} * {{hancinema film|The_Fox_Family|The Fox Family}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fox Family, The}} Category:2006 films Category:2006 Korean-language films Category:South Korean musical comedy films Category:2000s musical comedy films Category:2006 comedy films Category:2006 South Korean films Category:Myung Films films Category:2006 musical films Category:Korean-language musical comedy films