In feudal Korea, a group of starving villagers grow weary of the orders handed down to them by their controlling king and set out to use a deadly monster under their control to push his armies back.
Practical Effects
Charming rubber suit monster devouring iron like a hungry metal goblin.
Production
Made by director kidnapped by Kim Jong-il—no, really, that's documented.
Direction
Shin Sang-ok somehow makes propaganda feel almost human. Almost.
Director
Shin Sang-ok
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kim Jong-il was obsessed with cinema and literally abducted South Korean director Shin Sang-ok and his actress wife in 1978 to bolster North Korea's film industry. Pulgasari was Shin's final North Korean film before his dramatic 1986 escape.
The monster suit actor was Kenpachiro Satsuma, who played Godzilla in seven Toho films—meaning this is technically a Toho veteran's communist side quest.
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