Pulgasari

Pulgasari

The monster movie masterpiece that the whole world has been waiting for.

1986 · 95 min · ★ 5.5 · Horror, Drama, Fantasy

In feudal Korea, a group of starving villagers grow weary of the orders handed down to them by their controlling king and set out to use a deadly monster under their control to push his armies back.

Directed by Shin Sang-ok · Written by Kim Se-Ryun

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