Pulgasari

Infobox Korean_Film
name = Pulgasari


caption = Japanese poster
director = Chong Gon Jo
producer = Shin Sang-ok
writer = Se Ryun Kim
starring = Chang Son Hui
Ham Gi Sop
Jong-uk Ri
Gwon Ri
Gyong-ae Yu
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = flagicon|North Korea 1985
runtime =
language = Korean
budget =
imdb_id = 0089851
hangul = 불가사리
hanja =
rr = Bulgasari
mr = Pulgasari
context = north

"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). [http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/050th_issue/98070804.htm] The special effects were done by another Toho employee, Teruyoshi Nakano.

tory

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. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/asian-invasion3.shtml] .

ee also

*List of Korea-related topics
*Culture of North Korea
*List of Korean language films
*List of films set in or about North Korea

External links

* [http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/050th_issue/98070804.htm First NK Monster Faces Hollywood-Born Godzilla in Japan] (with synopsis and images) at [http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/main.htm The People's Korea]
*imdb title|id=0089851|title=Pulgasari
* [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-4299325314122049461&q=movie+duration%3] Entire Movie (with English subtitles) at Google Video [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_video] ]