Pulgasari is a 1985 North Korean kaiju film directed by South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok. It is based on the legend of Pulgasari, a metal-eating creature in Korean folklore, and is loosely based on the lost 1962 South Korean film of the same subject, Bulgasari. Shin directed the film under the orders of Kim Jong Il (then-heir apparent) and Shin's wife stars -this after Shin and his wife were kidnapped in 1978 by North Korean intelligence. Pulgasari was the last of several films he made in North Korea before escaping to the United States in 1986. After finding out that his credit was removed from the movie, Shin Sang-ok wrote a remake called The Adventures of Galgameth in 1996. The story behind this movie was reason enough for me to watch it.
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...se there a movie that you haven't seen?
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen _most_ of them lol So _many_ movies, going back so many years.
DeleteBanned. A great reason to watch it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a story behind the making of that movie!
DeleteThat is one complicated history! :)
ReplyDeleteI had no idea!
DeleteOoh, scary!
ReplyDeleteNot scary at all. The kaiju/monster movies are big, splashy action films. I'm not sure they're ever intended to be actually scary.
DeleteI definitely want to watch anything banned.
ReplyDeleteWell, since North Korea was where it was banned I'm not sure that is much of a distinction ;)
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