Pulgasari
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| Pulgasari | |
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 Japanese poster |
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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 | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 불가사리 |
| McCune-Reischauer | Pulgasari |
| Revised Romanization | Bulgasari |
Pulgasari (or Pulgasary) is a North Korean-Japanese co-produced 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 then 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 then-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] The special effects were done by another Toho employee, Teruyoshi Nakano.
[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
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