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Yongary: Monster from the Deep. Great Monster Yongary) is a 1967 South Korean/Japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring Yonggary, produced by Keukdong Entertainment Company in partnership with Toei. The film is directed by Kim Ki-duk, with special effects by Kenichi Nakagawa.The film was made to rival the success of Godzilla and featured the same style and techniques of special effects filmmaking used in Godzilla films and other Kaiju films utilizing suitmation and miniature sets. The Japanese production company Toei helped co-produce the film with Keukdong Entertainment. The film was released in South Korea on September 28, 1967 and released direct to television in the United States by American International Television in 1969 as Yongary, Monster from the Deep. The film spawned a reimagining in 1999 titled Yonggary, also produced in South Korea.
