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Rate: 3.5 / 5
The Lovers and the Despot
Year: 2016-09-22
Genre: Documentary, History
Directed by: Robert Cannan
Duration: 1 hr 38 min.
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il. Her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok, undertakes her search, but soon after he is kidnapped as well. In 1983, after living through years of tribulations, Kim Jong-il puts them in charge of the North Korean film industry in the hope of gaining international recognition.
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Actors
Paul Courtenay Hyu
Yuna Shin
Eun-hie Choi
Michael Yi
Shin Jeong-kyun
Shin Myung-yim
Choi Kyung-ok
Iain T. A. Hall
Pierre Rissient
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David Straub
Jang Jin-sun
Nishida Tetsuo
Derek Malcolm
Dean S. Robinson
Kim Jong-il
Shin Sang-ok
Kim Il-sung
Kim Jong-un
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