A Kim Jong-Il production : kidnap, torture, murder-- : making movies North Korean-style

Author(s)

• Fischer, Paul

Bibliographic Information

A Kim Jong-Il production : kidnap, torture, murder-- : making movies North Korean-style

Paul Fischer

（Penguin books）（Penguin non-fiction）

Penguin, 2016, c2015

• : [pbk.]

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-353)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

It opens with a double kidnapping . . . Madame Choi, South Korea's most famous actress, is lured to Hong Kong, drugged and smuggled out on a ship. When her ex-husband, Shin Sang-Ok, Korea's most acclaimed director, goes to look for her, he vanishes too. The pair wake to find themselves in North Korea. There they are imprisoned, tortured and brainwashed. Then they meet North Korea's murderous head of propaganda and next leader, Kim Jong-Il. He gives them a choice - go back to prison or make movies for him . . . Kidnap. Torture. Murder . . . Making movies North Korean style.

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Details

• NCID: BB21155480
• ISBN:
  • 9780241970003
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [London]
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 367 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 791.43095193
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sin, Sang-ok, 1926-2006 -- Kidnapping, 1978
  • LCSH : Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi, 1930- -- Kidnapping, 1978
  • LCSH : Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011
  • LCSH : Motion pictures -- Korea (North) -- History
  • LCSH : Kidnapping -- Korea (North)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00474814
  • BA36476436