A Kim Jong-Il production the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power

Fischer, Paul (Documentary film producer)

Large Print 2015

Before becoming its dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's Ministry for Propaganda. He ordered the kidnapping of South Korea's most famous actress. Madam Choi lived in isolated luxury. Ex-husband Shin Sang-Ok spent four years being "re-educated." When he finally pledged loyalty, it was announced that they would remarry and act as the Dear Leader's film advisors...

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Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi, 1930-2018 Kidnapping, 1978

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Sin, Sang-ok, 1926-2006 Kidnapping, 1978

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ISBN:

9781410479747
1410479749

Edition:

Large print edition

Description:

645 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Introduction : August, 1982
Reel one : sense of destiny
A photograph on the blue house lawn
Director Shin and Madame Choi
Shrimp among whales
A double rainbow over Mount Paekdu
Kim Jong-Il's first loves
Fathers and sons
Inside the Pyongyang picture show
A three-second kiss
Repulse bay
Reel two : guests of the dear leader
The hermit kingdom
Accused
Musicals, movies, and ideological studies
Taken
The others
Escape from the Chestnut Valley
Shin Sang-Ok died here
The torture position
Division 39
The hunger strike
Director Shin is coming
Intermission : the people's actress Woo In-Hee
Reel three : produced by Kim Jong-Il
Together
The tape recorder
Lights, camera
Out of the North
Like a European movie
The press conference
Same bed, different dreams
A full shooting schedule
The rubber monster
Vienna
From Kim to Kim
The stars and stripes
Epilogue : 2013

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1719179

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