I guess this was remade fairly recently, but I only saw the old one, which was a really low quality godzilla type thing with all the toy tanks and stuff. It had what i think you'd have to call a "B movie moment" where Yongary starts dancing and this surf guitar music starts playing. The little kid starts laughing and goes "Yeah!! Go Yongary!!"
It almost sounds like a Firesign Theatre parody -- "Young Guy: Moto Detective!"
Was it Japanese, ie, real kaiju? It sounds like another nationality.
Korean, I do believe and this is one movie I'm proud to own the LD of, a double bill with
The X from Outer Space!Andrew
Awful, cruel ending. Key phrases: "itch ray" and "rectal bleeding." See: http://www.stomptokyo.com/scott/yongary/ for pics, highlights, some of the better bloopers, and a review. And the astonishing "A*P*E" (also Korean) is on AMC this Saturday night.
WHERE'S MY "YONGGARY?!?"