Opening Thoughts
A nuclear test disturbs a mammoth horror whose first thought is to attack South Korea.
Yongari first rose from the depths in 1967. It threatened Yeong-il Oh, Jeong-im Nam, and Soon-jae Lee. Reporting on the incident were Yun-sung Seo and Ki-duk Kim, with Ki-duk Kim directing things.
Daikaijû is a Japanese word. Dai means “big” and kaijû means “Strange Beast”. Thus Daikaijû means “Big Strange Beast” or “Giant Monster”. When combined with Eiga, you have the term “Giant Monster Movie”. This covers such worthies as Gamera, Mothra, and, of course, Godzilla.
Welltun Cares Reviews uses the term Kaijû to describe a certain type of Giant Monster. These monsters are the ones where Convential weapons do not work. To defeat them requires a special device, weapon, or circumstance.
To summerize, if the movie ends with the monster killed by unaided gun fire or missiles, then it wasn’t Kaijû.
Simple as that.
The success of Godzilla brought forth a wave of Kaiju movies inspired by the King of the Monsters. Toho Co., Ltd add Rodan and Mothra to its roster. Daiei Films brought forth the incomparable Gamera. And Keukdong Entertainment Company, partnering with Toei Company, created the current subject, Yongary.
As it might be noted, out of all the film studio’s listed, Keukong is the only one not Japanese. It was a South Korean company, and, as a result, this film is most Korean. If a carbon copy of Japanese films can be called as such.
This film has a somewhat sad history. Due to inexperience, Keukong lost the original theatrical version of the film. What’s left is the English version, butchered by the usual culprit, American International Pictures. Now it’s unlikely that the full version would change anyone’s mind on the flick, but it might be interesting
Not much to say, over all. Shall we check the picture out on the next page?
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