Alexander JanßenJust watching [2] "Pulgasari" [3], a North Korean Kaijusploitation movie. In a gist, a socialist, north-korean Godzilla rip-off kills aristocrats. It's a typical 80ies monster movie and probably not the worst out there. But the making of the movie is much weirder: Kim Jong-ill abducted Shing San-ok [1], the director of the movie, from South to North Korea. So the socialist, opressor-hating Kaiju itself is a product of forced labor. You can't make this shit up.
References:
1. The story how the director Shing San-ok got abducted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abduction_of_Shin_Sang-ok_and_Choi_Eun-hee
2. "Pulgasari" on Youtube with English subs: https://youtu.be/GOCPVyW5M38
3. "Pulgasari" on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulgasari
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