{"podcast":{"title":"Blade Licking Thieves","slug":"blade-licking-thieves-991744","podcast_index_feed_id":991744,"rss_url":"https://bladelickingthieves.wordpress.com/category/podcast/feed/","website_url":"https://bladelickingthieves.wordpress.com","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/bladelickingthieves.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/blt_logo_flatbg.jpg?resize=3000%2C3000&ssl=1","author":"Grant, TheHeat, and Zen","episode_count":150,"summary":"Join us as we lick our blades, banter and ramble on, and provide in depth reviews of some of our favorite (and not so favorite) Anime, Kaiju, Martial Arts, Chambara, and Asian films. You can find out more about our show, all of our previous episodes, and our show notes at our blog: bladelickingthieves.wordpress.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blade-licking-thieves-991744"},"episode":{"title":"#109: Pulgasari (1985)","slug":"109-pulgasari-1985","published_at":"2025-01-03T04:33:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blade-licking-thieves-991744/109-pulgasari-1985","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blade-licking-thieves-991744","url":"https://bladelickingthieves.wordpress.com/2025/01/02/109-pulgasari-1985/","audio_url":"http://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bladelickingthieves/BLT-EP109.mp3","summary":"We're kicking off the new year with a review of the North Korean monster movie, Pulgasari (1985), in which a Godzilla like creature from Korean folklore fights with a peasant army to topple a corrupt feudal regime. We also recount the far more fascinating story of the film's production, a stranger than fiction tale involving international kidnappings, daring escape attempts, and dictator Kim Jong-Il's bizarre quest to bolster the North Korean film industry. Timestamps: [00:00] Intro + Hakaider, Garo, and Flip Flappers [24:45] Review - Pulgasari","meta_description":"We're kicking off the new year with a review of the North Korean monster movie, Pulgasari (1985), in which a Godzilla like creature from Korean folklore f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blade-licking-thieves-991744/episodes/109-pulgasari-1985/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blade-licking-thieves-991744/109-pulgasari-1985.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}