In the days of feudal Asia, the crops are not so good, and farmers are facing a takeover by Jong-Un Kim ... oops the self-proclaimed king (Yong-hok Pak.)
The farm Jugend becomes rebels and with the help of the local blacksmith physically challenges the king.
The king offers the blacksmith employment by supplying his army with weapons. Naturally, the blacksmith refuses. While he is imprisoned his last dying, wish is to make a revengeful "iron eating" Pulgasari.
Eventually, the king may meet the same fate as
Bambi Meets Godzilla .
The big question is will any of the good guys survive?
Or will the world go to the peasants?
The film was loosely based on the legend of the Bulgasari.
The value in the movie is not the movie it is self but the historical value.
On the orders of Kim Jong-il, the South Korean film director Shin Sang-ok (1926-2006) and his wife, famous actor Choi Eun-hee, was kidnapped to North Korea.
After three years in prison, Shin was united with Choi, and the two were instructed by Kim Jong-Il to make films for him to gain global recognition in the film industry. After making various films for Kim Jong-Il, including Pulgasari in 1985, in 1986 Choi and Shin escaped from North Korean caretakers to a US embassy while in Vienna.
The Lovers and The Despot.
