Pulgasari

Name: Pulgasari
Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1985-12-01
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Gyong-Ae Yu, Chang Son Hui, Hye-chol Ro, Kenpachirō Satsuma, Jong-uk Ri

Banned for a decade!

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Release Date

12/1/1985

Runtime

95 mins

Genres

Horror Drama Fantasy

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

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A grim allegory wrapped in monster-movie trappings, where peasants harness an ancient creature as a weapon against tyranny. Heavy-handed propaganda cinema that functions simultaneously as political fable and visceral kaiju spectacle.