1967 · sci-fi · horror · korean
Yongary, Monster from the Deep
Directed by Kim Kee-duk1h 19m1967
Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
Our read: Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · horror · korean entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured sci-fi / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold.
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