#Pulgasari

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

Pulgasari | 1985

[vermilllionsands]

On set of Pulgasari, 1985

[namesisfortombstones]

Let's put this to bed:

For some reason, there's a rumor going around online that the suit from Godzilla (1984) was stolen and to this day, nobody knows what happened to it. I don't know how this started or where it came from, but it's wholly untrue. Firstly, there were two Godzilla suits made for the film. One for the main shooting, the other for "stunts" and water scenes and such. One of these suits was taken by Teruyoshi Nakano to North Korea and transformed into Pulgasari for Kenpachiro Satsuma to act in again. How it started: https://becominggodzilla.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Return_1984_Screenshot_03.jpg How it ended: https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pulgasari-span.jpg The other suit was at some point sent to America to do a publicity tour for the release of Godzilla 1985. Svengoolie (then, "Son of Svengoolie") even did a show back then with the suit on hand! https://64.media.tumblr.com/c8236ab23914497cf118f8eb312ba504/6bbc7811252ac46b-d8/s1280x1920/e1b8d137ed6755413b7a76d05aefa093fcdc87a0.jpg https://64.media.tumblr.com/f3e50da5f2a184a518b76946f6d460dc/6bbc7811252ac46b-3c/s1280x1920/c5cef9f0d70d59675b6304020fdad67675e7b2e8.jpg https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd9a7a33db0b3174f18c1186b67b58c2/6bbc7811252ac46b-64/s1280x1920/6209fdef0043a0d37820ec0fbb38a156a70421a7.jpg After that was over, the suit was sent back to Toho where it was used in several commercials. Since nobody's ever mentioned it, I presume Pulgasari was left over in North Korea where it eventually rotted away. The only Godzilla suit ever actually stolen was the 1989 Biogoji, refurbished and used again in 1991. It was somehow swiped in mid-1992 just before shooting of Godzilla vs. Mothra began. Koichi Kawakita fully intended to use the Bio/Gidogoji suit yet again for the entire movie, even with its aging, floppy plates. But when it was stolen, he was forced to have a new suit made. The effects staff were relieved when the suit was stolen because there was some kind of problem with it and they didn't want to deal with it anymore. The suit was eventually discovered discarded in a ditch, probably because the damn thing was just so unwieldy (keep in mind, the lightest Godzilla suit for shooting ever made was still like 100 pounds). Kawakita ordered it repaired and it was used as like a stunt suit in vs. Mothra, which would be the final onscreen appearance for it.

[briefbestiary]

The unkillable beast. Some say that the Bulgasari actually was successfully killed, yet others say that it could not be killed, and instead wanders the forests of Korea today.

[blazescompendium]

From what I've known, the special effects team, along with the monster suit actor behind Godzilla series, was hired for the North Korea Pulgasari movie, so no wonder there's a pokemon based on this one 😆 After all, it's technically a collaborate project between North Korea and Japan! BTW, the original director of Pulgasari movie was actually kidnapped from South Korea, and he later escaped during the Berlinale, which is the reason why the international release got delayed. They later erased his name and promote the vice director as the director instead. Crazy stuffs.

Oh man this stuff escalated so quickly. I was like, hey how cool the original monster suit actor from Godzilla was there, hey how cool it was a partnership between two countries that usually hate each other, and then.... THEY WHAT!? But yeah, i knew for some time this movie has some problems related to it, but i never dive deep in it. I really like kaiju movies, i think they are essentially modern folklore, or at least they build towards it. And mostly are created by the same cultural forces that created myths. My favorite Kaiju has to be Mothra! But i think Pulgasari is almost there haha.

[chernobog13]

Bulgasari, the Iron-Eating Monster (1962)

This was the first monster film, as well as the first film utilizing special effects, made in South Korea.  The film is based on a medieval Korean legend, and was inspired by Godzilla (1954).

The film itself is considered lost.  The only thing that remains are posters like the one above, a copy of the script, and tons of negative reviews archived in libraries in South Korea, where it was universally panned.

However, at least one person the Korean peninsula thought it was good enough to warrant a remake.  Kim Jong-il, father of current North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, had the film Pulgasari (1985) made with a director kidnapped from South Korea and some staff from Toho.

[aurazoo]

[nielsmichiels]

This story should be made into a movie because GOD DAMN is it compelling.

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

Pulgasari | 1985

[sp1derc1der]

Everyone’s favourite babygirl, Dragon!Chairman Rose, now has a design and art!

He has very tough scales and he’s based on elephants, bulls, and Pulgasari, a North Korean kaiju that consumes metal!

[nerdsworld]

Rest in Peace 🕊️ Kenpachiro

Hedorah

Sunday

12.17.2023

L.George

[romanceyourdemons]

i was looking up pre-1990 korean films because other than the housemaid (1960) and a korean war era movie where one brother fights for the north and one brother fights for the south i’ve seen zippo. anyways have you heard of the north korean godzilla movie. noted movie enjoyer kim jong-il was like fuck north korean movies suck, so he kidnapped renowned south korean director shin sang-ok and his ex wife and was like win me film festivals. so they directed a couple art films and then they made the kaiju movie pulgasari (1985) and then they managed to escape. did you know about this

[damnfandomproblems]

Re: #4595: It's kind of amazing how many submissions you get where the person is just straight up wrong. Woke Westerners would never, EVER pass up the chance to shit on Japan! Are you kidding? Do you not see how they seethe and mald over Japanese media DAILY for not conforming to their values? You'd never get them to SHUT UP about how they colonized Korea! Especially if it meant praising *North* Korea because of their Communist dictatorship! Woke Westerners are the kind of people who would watch Pulgasari and go "yeah, this is the PERFECT metaphor for why Capitalism is bad!" And miss out on the subtext that the Director for Pulgasari was a South Korean that Kim Jong-il kidnapped for nearly a decade and forced to make movies, so the Kaiju helping Korean peasants overthrow the evil governer only to become a tyrant even worse than they rose up against is a pretty obvious metaphor for the Kim Jong family.

Posting since this is a response to a previous problem.

[blazescompendium]

BTW Bulgasari can also mean starfish in Koeean, and in this case, the meaning probably leans more toward the unkillable one lol.

And since we are here, it is cool to mention that the Bulgasari is also probably the inspiration for the evolution line of the Pokémon Aron, Lairon and Aggron! While they all eat iron, Aggron is the one most strongly based, specifically by the North Korean 1985 kaiju movie version of this legend, which i find absolutely fascinating.

This is a cult classic kaiju movie, which is an adaptation of this tale, and its very interesting. I find very cool that often times Pokémon have amazing and complex depictions of folklore. As someone living in Brazil, Aggron was my first contact with the Pulgasari legend. Some kids saw on TV or in the internet about Aggron origins, and the Pulgasari myth spread around neighborhoods of kids living in the other side of the world, just because of that.

I think that's a fascinating event!

[anomalyhqs]

crashin’ a charity, evo ? if you really think about it, that’s kinda messed up !

ho, ho, ho ! in case you’re wonderin’, that’s santa climbin’ down t4d’s chimney with a shiny bag of goodies ‘cause i heard they broke a whole new record this year ! that’s right, folks — six packs of instant ramen and three whole boxes of assorted veggies for an elaborate three-storey model house ; turns out sua’s either full of rich kids or big dreams ! wonderin’ who’s the artist ? glad you asked, ‘cause we have it on good authority — ( y’know, good as in passin’ the bar, but who knows where the bar is these days ! ) — that it’s none other than a 2nd year interior design undergrad ! heard their name was ahreum ( @gxldenhxvr ) , or somethin’ ? well, they’re about to get a whole lot more expensive to book, ‘cause we heard that the model house was collateral damage in a rally rumble featurin’ samjoko’s captain ( @duskterrace ) and yellow hall’s own ra, sera ( @fortunefool ) ! y’know, cause an artist gets more expensive when the art dies ? ( huh, or is it the other way round ? ) ain’t nothin better than when lady luck’s on your side !

believe it or not, that’s not the only rally rumble of the night ! that’s right, up next in the ring is gangcheori’s captain ( @13elmst ) tag teamin’ with evo’s very own secretary ( @heartstcel ) ! the opponent ? one very defenceless room of a certain t4d vp ( @rnalgnant ) ! yep, you heard that right ! we saw it with our own eyes that they smashed the whole place up and left nothin’ to spare ! uh… head’s up guys — practice room’s the other way ! huh, wonder if this means evo’s losin’ their secretary to gangcheori ? if gangcheori’s really scoopin’ evo members, then we think we know why the hyun brothers — gangcheori’s captain and evo’s prez ( @inordinaries ) — are on the outs ! though, we did hear through the grapevine that dohyun’s gettin’ closer to daddy — y’know, bigshot politician lim and t4d’s idol — so maybe evo’s breakin’ down instead, and gangcheori’s just scoopin’ up the scraps ?

if evo’s dissolvin’, then this next bit is gonna make a whole lotta sense — ‘cause we swear we saw one of t4d’s student rep, yuhui ( @seriphic ), rockin’ up to the afterparty with an evo member ! guess they’re not really switchin’ loyalties if there’s no evo left ! listeners, did you catch who the mystery person was ? some people are sayin’ that they looked a whole lot like evo’s committee member, noa ( @w1lshire ), but we can’t too sure ! but boy, do things seem to really be sizzlin’ up in evo — or is it too soon to say, ex-evo ! — ‘cause we spotted another, totally unexpected combo couple in evo’s treasurer ( @key2earth ) and one of blue hall’s very own ra, taeho ( @moonvitas ) ! ziying sure looked comfy in taeho’s hoodie, but is it warm enough to break the bro code datin’ all the way back to the ice age ? pretty sure it says somethin’ about not sleepin’ with your best friend’s sister ! well, taeho — for your friendship’s sake, we hope that it was nothin’ like whatever the hell was happenin’ in evo vp’s ( @redlike ) room, ‘cause did anyone else hear all that thumpin’ and grindin’, or was it just me ? a little birdie told me that hanbi’s friend looked a whole lot like t4d’s treasurer ( @dichotomousvariable ) — damn, didn’t know they could throw it down like that ! — and you might be thinkin’, how’d someone from t4d even get in ? well, i’ll tell ya ! turns out, if you were strugglin’ with the bouncer, pulgasari’s captain’s ( @detagen ) got ya ! yep, he was smugglin’ t4d folk in all night long from his room’s window ! guess we know who that guy’s votin’ for — ( and who evo’s bannin’ in their next party… that’s if they’re even alive, of course ) !

whew, what a crazy night ! of course, none of this would’ve been possible if not for the mysterious spiked punch, courtesy of none other than — drumroll, please ! — yellow hall’s secretary, cheong nayeon ( @ircnbeauty ) ! a special round of applause to you for makin’ this all work ! now, while we recover from our wicked hangovers — damn, what did they put in that drink ? — i’d like to wish you all a wonderful winter break ! to those of you goin’ back to your homes and home countries for the month, we suggest you pack light, ‘cause you’ll want to be back here in time for the next semester and — you guessed it ! — the long awaited WINTER RALLY !

that’s all, folks ! see you on the next episode of ANOMALEAKS !

OUT OF CHARACTER INFO

happy winter break, everyone! we’d like to thank those of you who have participated in our first curious currents event! feel free to use any of these rumours that’ve been posted as plot points — this anomaleaks episode and all the included gossip, truth or slander, are canon! this episode also marks the end of the school semester, so muses may make their way home for the holidays, continue staying in their respective residential halls, or participate in any other holiday activity you wish. you’re welcome to write threads outside of the university as sua will be closed for winter break too! we know that this is a busy time for most of us, so the admins just wanted to thank you all once again, and wish you a happy holidays!  p.s. the next event — yes, the highly anticipated winter rally — is scheduled to drop sometime early to mid january 2024! stay tuned, and stay super! ♡

[pabs-art]

Missed out on the auction? Wanted to take a closer look at the items? Or maybe you just want to pass by the concession stand on the way out? We got you covered! Attached are the pngs from the auction!

Block 1 - Martial artifacts: Lucha Mask, Summer's Rain (Katana), Oversized Gloves

Block 2 - Misc. Memorabilia: Toxin Mask, PR-826 'Pulgasari' Pile Bunker, Section Chief sash+blazer

Block 3 - Ultra-Violence: Autumn Thunder (Chainsaw), Spring's Breeze (Shotgun), Space Marine Helmet

Block 4 -Rice Beast Memorabilia: Rice Beast Shield, Rice Beast Wet Specimen, Rice Gougar pawprint sample

Block 5 - All About Explosions!: New Year's 2022 rocket, Model Rocket, Revived Funeral Pyre

Block 6 - Pabs Memorabilia: Sealed Smabs containment box, Pabs 2.0 taxidermy, Ryzacube

Concession Stand: Rice Puff treat, Smiling Sun Ice Bar, Frosted Mochi Donut, Green Thai Curry, Tul Soda Float

Thank you to everyone who attended the auction!