Yongary

Yongary, also spelled Yongarry was a giant monster and the central antagonist from the eponymous 1967 film Yongary, Monster from the Deep. He was played by actor Cho Kyoung-min.

Biography
Yongary was a giant, reptilian monster of ancient Korean lore. In the late 1960s, a bomb detonated in the Middle East awakened Yongary and he began making his way towards South Korea, causing a wave of earthquakes in his wake.

Notes & Trivia

 * Director Ki-duk Kim based the concept of Yongary on Pulgasari, a monster from Korean mythology. Pulgasari was featured in a 1985 North Korean film, but renamed Bulgasari, played by Kenpachiro Satsuma and Little Man Machan.


 * Yongary, Monster from the Deep is Cho Kyoung-min's only known film appearance.