The Fox Family () is a 2006 South Korean film. Made on a budget of (), the film is a musical comedy about the kumiho of Korean mythology.Park, Soo-mee. "[DVD Review] Foxes have atrocious pick-up lines". JoongAng Daily, 14 May 2007. Retrieved on 7 December 2008.
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,"Commercial Releases in 2006: Box-Office Admission Results". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 6 December 2008. and on its opening weekend was ranked seventh at the box office with 39,025 admissions."Korean Box Office" (2006.09.29 – 2006.10.01). HanCinema. Retrieved on 6 December 2008. The film went on to receive a total of 202,990 admissions nationwide, with a gross (as of 8 October 2006) of ."South Korea Box Office October 6–8, 2006". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
In August 2007, The Fox Family was screened at the 3rd Jecheon International Music & Film Festival.D'Sa, Nigel. "Jecheon Fest Highlights Music-themed Films". Korean Film Council, 7 August 2007. Retrieved on 7 December 2008.
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