Yonggary
| Yongary: Monster from the Deep | |
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 용가리 |
| Revised Romanization | Taekoesu Yonggary |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taegoesu yonggari |
| Directed by | Kim Ki-duk |
| Written by | Kim Ki-duk Seo Yun-sung |
| Starring | Oh Yeong-il Nam Jeong-im |
| Music by | Jeon Jeong-Keun |
| Cinematography | Byeon In-jib |
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Keukdong Entertainment Company
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| Distributed by | AIP-TV (USA) |
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Running time
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80 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | ₩13 million |
Yongary: Monster from the Deep (Hangul: 대괴수 용가리; RR: Taekoesu Yongary; lit. Great Monster Yongary), is a 1967 South Korean monster film directed by Kim Ki-duk and featuring special effects by Kenichi Nakagawa. The film was made to rival the success of Godzilla and featured the same style and techniques of special effects filmmaking used in Godzilla films and other Kaiju films utilizing suitmation and miniature sets. Indeed, the Japanese production company Toei would help co-produce the film with Keukdong Entertainment. The film was released direct to television in the United States by American International Television in 1969 as Yongary, Monster from the Deep.
In the Middle East, a bomb is set off that creates massive earthquakes. Meanwhile, in South Korea, a young couple is about to get married and the tension builds when South Korea sends a manned space capsule to investigate the bomb site. The earthquake makes its way to South Korea, caused by a giant dinosaur named Yongary. Yongary attacks Seoul and makes his way to the oil refineries where he consumes the oil. A child related to the aforementioned couple turns off the refineries' oil basins; Yongary, enraged, starts attacking until a chemical explosion at the refinery proves to have an effect on it. The South Korean government then uses oil to draw Yongary on a local river, and kills it with a refined version of the ammonia compound.
Keukdong Entertainment Company employed staff from Equis Productions and Daiei Film's special effects staff to helm the film's special effects. Masao Yagi, who built the Godzilla and Gamera suits for Toho and Daiei, supervised the construction of the Yongary suit. Director Kim Ki-duk found that the suit lacked terror and was disappointed with the final results but proceeded to film with the suit since there was no time or money to produce a new suit. Lee Byoung-woo, the film's associate producer, acted as an intermediate between the South Korean filmmakers and the Japanese staff and helped train the South Korean staff in the special effects techniques used by the Japanese crew.
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