Yongary, Monster from the Deep
Yongary, Monster from the Deep(" Taekoesu Yongary"; lit." Great Monster Yongary") is a 1967" kaiju" film featuring Yongary, directed by Kim Ki-duk, with special effects by Kenichi Nakagawa.
The film was a South Korean- Japanese co-production between Keukdong Entertainment Company and Toei Company.
The film stars Oh Yeong- il, Kwang Ho Lee, Nam Jeong- im, with Cho Kyoung- min as Yongary.
In the film, a giant reptilain monster lays waste to Seoul after being awakened by an earthquake triggered by a nuclear bomb test.
The film was produced to rival the success of Toho's" Godzilla" series and featured the same techniques of practical special effects filmmaking used in" Godzilla" films and other" Kaiju" films utilizing suitmation, pyrotechnics, and miniature sets.
The film opened in Seoul, South Korea on August 13, 1967 and released direct to television in the United States by American International Television in 1969 as" Yongary, Monster from the Deep".
In 1999, filmmaker Shim Hyung- rae released a reimagining of his own titled" Yonggary".
Commencement Day
Commencement Day is a 1924 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.
It was the 25th" Our Gang" short subject released.
Yonggary (1999 film)
Yonggary is a 1999 South Korean monster film directed by Shim Hyung- rae and is a reimagining of the character Yonggary, originating from the 1967 film" Yongary, Monster from the Deep".
Despite being a South Korean production, the film's principal cast consists of Western actors such as Harrison Young, Donna Phillipson, Richard B. Livingston, Briant Wells, Brad Sergi, Dan Cashman, and Bruce Cornwell.
" Yonggary" was released in South Korea on July 17, 1999 and was later re-released with an altered plot and updated special effects on January 20, 2001 as" Yonggary: 2001 Upgrade Edition", which was distributed in North America as" Reptilian".
The film was considered the most expensive South Korean film produced at the time of its release.
Robert F. McGowan
Robert Francis McGowan( July 11, 1882 – January 27, 1955) was an American film director and producer, best known as the senior director of the" Our Gang" short subjects film series from 1922 until 1933.
Fred Roy Krug
Fred R. Krug is an American film and television producer- director born in Bern, Switzerland.
Kim Ki-duk (director, born 1934)
Kim Ki-duk( 29 September 1934 – 7 September 2017) was a South Korean film director and professor.
Best known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant monster film, Kim Ki- duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977.
Along with Kim Soo-yong and Lee Man -hee, Kim was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s.
The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the melodrama( 청춘영화-" cheongchun yeonghwa").
He is not related to Kim Ki-duk, the South Korean director of" 3- Iron".
Sepideh Farsi
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Jacques Décombe
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Claude Weisz
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W. Augustus Barratt
W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician.

Question: Which film has the director born later, Yongary, Monster From The Deep or Commencement Day?