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The Mansudae Grand Monument in Pyongyang in 2014 depicting Kim Il Sung (left) and Kim Jong Il (right), with visitors paying homage to the statues. [1]The North Korean cult of personality surrounding the Kim family [2] has existed in North Korea for decades and can be found in many examples of North Korean culture. [3]
Satsuma attributed the film's eventual Japanese release to Kim Jong Il assuming the role of North Korea's Supreme Leader in 1994. [61] On January 21, 1995, the Japanese home video distributor Twin released Pulgasari on VHS in Japan; [2] [4] according to its flyer, this release was the film's first public distribution in any format. [10]
Shin directed seven films for Kim from 1984 until 1985: An Emissary of No Return, Love, Love, My Love, Runaway, Breakwater, Salt, The Tale of Shim Chong, and most famously, Pulgasari. In 1986, Choi and Shin escaped from North Korean supervision to a US embassy while in Vienna. [4] Under Kim's orders, Shin's films were banned in North Korea ...
The village cult is an extension of the worship of household gods. The village is an extension of the family and a place where relatives live, although villages can also contain people who are not involved in the worship of the patron gods.
Love Andante (Korean: 사랑의 안단테) is a 2024 South Korean television series starring Kwon Hyun-bin and Song Ji-woo. It aired on Lifetime from August 7–29, 2024, every Wednesday and Thursday at 23:00 . It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea, on Kocowa in Americas, Europe, and Oceania, and on KNTV in Japan.
This is a list of North Korean films and film series from September 1948 to present. Films, and film parts or halves with names, that are part of film series or multi-part films are not included separately to keep the list shorter and more readable.
Ko Yong-hui (Korean: 고용희; Korean pronunciation: [ko̞.jo̞ŋ.βwi]; 26 June 1952 – 13 August 2004), [1] [2] [3] also spelled Ko Young-hee, was the mistress of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il and the mother of his successor, Kim Jong Un.
Hitomi Soga-Jenkins (Japanese: 曽我ひとみ Soga Hitomi, born May 17, 1959) is a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea together with her mother, Miyoshi Soga, from Sado Island, Japan, in 1978. In 1980, she married Charles Robert Jenkins, [1] an American defector to North Korea, with whom she had two daughters. In 2002, she was ...