Pulgasari
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| Pulgasari | |
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| Directed by | Chong Gon Jo |
| Produced by | Shin Sang-ok |
| Written by | Se Ryun Kim |
| Starring | Chang Son Hui Ham Gi Sop Jong-uk Ri Gwon Ri Gyong-ae Yu |
| Release date(s) | 1985 |
| Language | Korean |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul: | 불가사리 |
| Hanja: | (none) |
| Revised Romanization: | Bulgasari |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Pulgasari |
Pulgasari (or Pulgasary) is a North Korean feature film produced in 1985, a giant-monster film similar to the Japanese Godzilla.
It was produced by South Korean director Shin Sang-ok, who had been kidnapped in 1978 by North Korean intelligence on the orders of Kim Jong-il, son of the ruling Kim Il-sung.
Staff from Japan's Toho company, which is responsible for the Godzilla series, participated in creating the film's Tokusatsu or special effects. The current man in the "Godzilla" suit--Kenpachiro Satsuma--played Pulgasari, and when the film was released in Japan in 1998, he was quoted as saying he preferred Pulgasari to the CGI American Godzilla (1998). [1]
[edit] Story
The film is about a doll made of rice by a man while in prison, which on coming into contact with blood, grows and grows to become a giant metal-eating monster. Jonathan Ross stated that the film is intended to be a propaganda metaphor for the effects of unchecked capitalism and the power of the collective. [2].
[edit] See also
- List of Korea-related topics
- Culture of North Korea
- List of Korean language films
- List of films set in or about North Korea
[edit] External links
- First NK Monster Faces Hollywood-Born Godzilla in Japan (with synopsis and images) at The People's Korea
- Pulgasari at the Internet Movie Database
