Bulgasari (disambiguation)

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Bulgasari is a lost 1962 South Korean film by Kim Myeong-je.

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<i>Pulgasari</i> 1985 North Korean film

Pulgasari is a 1985 North Korean kaiju film directed by South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok. The film is based on the legend of Pulgasari, a metal-eating creature in Korean folklore, and is loosly based on the lost 1962 South Korean film Bulgasari. Director Shin directed the film under the orders of Kim Jong Il after he was kidnapped in 1978 by North Korean intelligence. Pulgasari was the last of several films he made in North Korea before escaping to the United States in 1986.

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<i>Bulgasari</i> 1962 South Korean film

Bulgasari is a lost 1962 South Korean kaiju film directed and edited by Kim Myeong-je. Produced by Kwang Seong Films Co., Ltd., it was the first monster film to be made in South Korea, as well as the first Korean film to use special effects. The film stars Choi Moo-ryong as Nam Hyeong / Bulgasari alongside Um Aing-ran, Gang Mi-ae, Kim Dong-won, and Lee Up-dong. In the film, a skilled martial artist is resurrected as an iron-eating monster in order to exact revenge on those who murdered him.

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The abduction of Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee occurred in North Korea between 1978 and 1986. Shin Sang-ok was a famous South Korean film director who had been married to actress Choi Eun-hee. Together, they established Shin Film and made many films through the 1960s which garnered recognition for South Korea at various film festivals. In 1978, Choi was abducted in Hong Kong and taken to North Korea to the country's future supreme leader Kim Jong Il. The abduction of Shin followed six months later.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pulgasari (creature)</span> Korean legendary creature that appears in mythology and folklore

The Pulgasari, also known as Bulgasari, is a metal-eating legendary creature that appears in Korean mythology and folklore. The creature is a mixture of different animals, which are; a bear, an elephant, a rhino, a tiger and a bull, each representing specific body parts.