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'''''[[Pulgasari]]''''' is an epic [[Monster movie|monster film]] directed and produced by [[Shin Sang-ok]] ''(pictured)'' during [[Abduction of Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee|his abduction in North Korea]]. Filmed in 1985 as a co-production between North Korea, Japan, and China, it is supposedly a remake of [[Bulgasari|a lost 1962 South Korean film]]. The story is set during the [[Goryeo|Goryeo dynasty]] and centers on Ami (played by Chang Sŏnhŭi), a peasant who animates the fabled creature [[Bulgasari (creature)|Pulgasari]] (played by [[Kenpachiro Satsuma]]) that her late father contrived to overthrow the monarchy. Intended to capitalize on the success of ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984), ''Pulgasari'' was Shin's seventh and final film for [[Kim Jong Il]], whose agents kidnapped Shin and [[Choi Eun-hee]] in 1978. An international ban on its distribution was imposed when Shin and Choi escaped their North Korean overseers to the United States in 1986. The film was ultimately released on [[VHS]] in Japan in 1995 and Japanese theaters in 1998, to critical and commercial success. ''Pulgasari'' is now considered a [[Cult film|cult classic]]. {{TFAFULL|Pulgasari}}

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