A Kim Jong-Il production, the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power, Paul Fischer
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A Kim Jong-Il production, the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power, Paul Fischer
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and filmography (pages 345- 353)
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A Kim Jong-Il production
Nature of contents
bibliographyfilmographies
Oclc number
881437062
Responsibility statement
Paul Fischer
Sub title
the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power
Summary
"A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, [this book] offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today"--Amazon.com
Table Of Contents
August, 1982 -- Reel one: a 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 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 -- 2013
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Subject
- Actresses -- Korea (South) -- Biography
- Actresses
- Biography
- Motion pictures
- Korea (North)
- Sin, Sang-ok, 1926-2006
- Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi, 1930-2018
- History
- Sin, Sang-ok, 1926-2006 -- Kidnapping, 1978
- 1900 - 1999
- Motion pictures -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
- Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Korea (South)
- Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi, 1930-2018 -- Kidnapping, 1978
- Kidnapping
- Motion picture producers and directors -- Korea (South) -- Biography
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject17
- Actresses -- Korea (South) -- Biography
- Actresses
- Biography
- Motion pictures
- Korea (North)
- Sin, Sang-ok, 1926-2006
- Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi, 1930-2018
- History
- Sin, Sang-ok, 1926-2006 -- Kidnapping, 1978
- 1900 - 1999
- Motion pictures -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
- Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Korea (South)
- Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi, 1930-2018 -- Kidnapping, 1978
- Kidnapping
- Motion picture producers and directors -- Korea (South) -- Biography
- Author1
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