Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
Directed by Robert Cannan and Ross Adam
cinema on cinema
kidnapping
movie business
1970s
dictatorship
hong kong
docudrama
ex-husband ex-wife relationship
communism
communist propaganda
1980s
portrait of a filmmaker
north korea
inter-korean relations
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3.3 / 5
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Cast
Paul Courtenay Hyu
Shin Sang-ok
Choi Eun-hee
Self - Actress / Various Roles
Lee Jang-ho
Self - Filmmaker
Derek Malcolm
Self - Film Critic
Shin Sang-ok
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Kim Jong-il
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Kim Il-sung
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Kim Jong-un
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Crew
Nathan Halpern
Original Music Composer
Richard Holmes
Executive Producer
Bruno Felix
Co-Producer
Femke Wolting
Co-Producer
Popular Reviews
8 reviews
Anna b
7.0★ · 05/17/26
Fascinating story but I wish it was a docuseries and went more in depth on everything
Fascinating story but I wish it was a docuseries and went more in depth on everything
Yoavbergel
10.0★ · 04/26/25
after watching peper will great documentary about north korea entertainment ( I really recommend this video its long but is worth any second) I heard the story of the kidnapping of Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee to north korea by kim jong il and i after i watched one of shin's film from north korea An Emissary of No Return (1984) that was a really good film and afterwards I wanted to watch this film and it's was worth it a really well made documentary a really good and i got to say in my opinion shin did not deficit to the north he really was kidnapped anyway a really great documentary
after watching peper will great documentary about north korea entertainment ( I really recommend this video its long but is worth any second) I heard the story of the kidnapping of Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee to north korea by kim jong il and i after i watched one of shin's film from north korea An Emissary of No Return (1984) that was a really good film and afterwards I wanted to watch this film and it's was worth it a really well made documentary a really good and i got to say in my opinion shin did not deficit to the north he really was kidnapped anyway a really great documentary
