This was Korea's 1967 version of the Godzilla type of films and its pretty much identical to those style of films from Japan. Film starts out with a Korean astronaut on his honeymoon but is called back to work to man a rocket for some such reason. While up in space there are massive earthquakes rocking the country and it turns out to be the legendary monster that has caused them. The monster crawls out of the ground and starts kicking over buildings and breathing fire! Of course, there is a little kid that is running around and noticing things about the monster that he relates back to his sisters boyfriend that is a scientist. The kid gives him information that ultimately will be the creatures demise. Yes, its a silly movie with horrible special effects and just a guy in a rubber suit but aside from a couple of dumb scenes this is a film that stays within a boundary of decency. The dumb scenes are when the jets attack the monster they fly right into him! Nice flying!! And of course the monster dance! What was the point of having the monster get up and dance? Anyone?
*****SPOILER ALERT***** The ending to the film is really kind of sad and the characters show some compassion to a dying monster. As the helicopter keeps dropping a chemical powder on the monster and he dies the little boy tells them to stop. I don't remember ever seeing that in a monster film before. And watching the monster die a slow death was not like other films. In most films you cheer the conclusion but here with the monster bleeding and twitching it becomes painful to witness. Not a bad film of its type. You definitely laugh at parts but by the end you have stopped laughing. In their own little way, they showed they were different from the giant monster films from Japan.
*****SPOILER ALERT***** The ending to the film is really kind of sad and the characters show some compassion to a dying monster. As the helicopter keeps dropping a chemical powder on the monster and he dies the little boy tells them to stop. I don't remember ever seeing that in a monster film before. And watching the monster die a slow death was not like other films. In most films you cheer the conclusion but here with the monster bleeding and twitching it becomes painful to witness. Not a bad film of its type. You definitely laugh at parts but by the end you have stopped laughing. In their own little way, they showed they were different from the giant monster films from Japan.