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Cast & Crew

Shin Sang-ok
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Shin Sang-ok
Director
Lee Jang-ho
As Self - Filmmaker
Lee Jang-ho
Director
Robert Cannan
Director
Ross Adam
Director

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In the late 1970s, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il kidnapped South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and his ex-wife, actress Choi Eun-hee, to create a North Korean Hollywood. This documentary tells the incredible story of their captivity and the films they were forced to make for Kim Jong-il, blending elements of politics, comedy, and romance. What unfolds is a tale so unbelievable, it could only be true.

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