The true story of a famous movie star and ex-husband, director, kidnapped by Kim Jong Il and forced to revive North Korea’s film industry
tells the incredible and true story of famous South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, who was kidnapped in 1978 by North Korean agents on the orders of movie-crazy future leader Kim Jong-il. Six months later, Choi Eun-hee’s ex-husband, film producer Shin Sang-ok, was kidnapped again. Choi and Shin were unaware of each other’s fates until they met again in 1983 at a dinner hosted by Kim Jong Il. Pulgasari (1985), while convincing the world that they were willing to serve North Korea. Cui Hexin’s love slowly rekindled in the prison of the reunion. It wasn’t until the 1986 Vienna Film Festival that they escaped, in a daring car chase to the US Embassy.
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