Her ex-husband, a famous film director, was also abducted several months later. Please try again. This book is un-put-downable.” ―Benjamin Wallace, author of the New York Times bestseller The Billionaire's Vinegar, “Exhaustively researched, highly engossing chronicle of the outrageous abduction of a pair of well-known South Korean filmmakers by the nefarious network of North Korea's Kim Jong-Il. Before becoming the Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-Il served as the head of the country's Ministry for Propaganda and Film. Unable to add item to List. To escape and have South Korea twistedlly denounce their North Korean captivity as defection continued the insanity for these people. Get a copy today. His farther and grandfather was nuts! A North Korean spy who defected to the South in 1993 told Seoul in detail about an abducted Japanese woman who matched her description. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. While pretending to research a film in Vienna, they flee to the U.S. embassy and are swept to safety. -The New York Times. I’ve loaned my copy out to friends and they enjoyed it, too! Please try again. Kim Jong-Il failed to realize, however, that movies--especially good ones--have a pb ower all their own and that real life rarely follows a script. great story about film making and abduction in an evil country. Exhaustively researched, highly engrossing chronicle of the outrageous abduction of a pair of well-known South Korean filmmakers by the nefarious network of North Korea's Kim Jong-Il.Filmmaker Fischer ... A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped ... A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Incredible True Story of North Korea and the ... A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power, Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism. A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, author Paul Fischer's A Kim Jong-Il Production 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. When Shin went to Hong Kong to investigate, he was attacked and woke up wrapped in plastic sheeting aboard a ship bound for North Korea. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Well, just read this and see. Penetrating psychological insights into the plight of two gifted South Korean artists kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il who uses them, and everyone else, as puppets in the epic he is trying to create on his personal stage -- which just happens to be his own country. Very fascinating story about the cultural history behind North Korea. From time to time, the “haves” tamper with information. Madam Choi lived in isolated luxury, allowed only to attend the Dear Leader's dinner parties. Couldn’t put it down! What a crazy place, North Korea. ", The storied history of a tragic couple told in "true crime" format, Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2020. In 1978 Choi was abducted and taken to North Korea to the country's future dictator Kim Jong-il. This is the true, untold story of World War One. I get it. A SOUTH KOREAN actress who was once kidnapped by the North’s agents on the orders of late leader Kim Jong-Il in a Cold War-style intrigue and … It's a fascinating story, but the book doesn't just relate the stories of the two kidnapees, it also provides a brief overview of the political and cultural history of North Korea since 1953, as well as a history of the motion picture "industry" there.