a.k.a. TAEKOESU YONGARY / THE GREAT MONSTER YONGARY
Kuk Dong [1967] 80′
country: Republic of Korea
director: KIM KI-DUK
cast: OH YEONG-IL, NAM JEONG-IM,
cast: LEE SUN-JAE, MOON KANG
WTFFILM first tackled this film while still in its infancy – three years and eleven months to the day of this writing (10/02/2007) it was posted to the then-sparse wtf-film.com. I’ve changed considerably over these four years, as has this site, and – given MGM’s recent re-release of the film in its original aspect ratio on DVD – I thought I’d give YONGARY another try.
It’s safe to say that some things never change . . . and that YONGARY: MONSTER OF THE DEEP is one of them.
The film begins with an agonizingly lengthy pan across a remarkably artificial starscape – slowly the moon, then the Earth, creep into the frame and the English credits for the film begin. I can only assume that the original Korean credits for the film were considerably longer than those provided by A.I.P. – not that it helps us any these days.
