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Pulgasari [a] is an epic monster film [i] directed and produced by Shin Sang-ok in 1985 during his North Korean abduction.A co-production between North Korea, Japan, and China, it is considered a remake of Bulgasari, a 1962 South Korean film that also depicts Bulgasari/Pulgasari, a creature from Korean folklore.
The 2015 Russian documentary Under the Sun, directed by Vitaly Mansky, provides a rare and critical glimpse into life in North Korea. The film follows an eight-year-old girl, Zin-mi, over the course of a year as she prepares to join the Korean Children's Union on the Day of the Shining Star, a national holiday marking Kim Jong-il's birthday.
Pages in category "Documentary films about North Korea" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Cast Genre Notes Ref(s) 1946 Our Construction: 우리의 건설 Documentary First North Korean film. Due to lack of equipment at the time, the film is silent. [3] 1946 Democratic Election: 민주 선거 Documentary First North Korean film with sound [4] 1947 People's Committee: 인민 위원회 Documentary [4] 1948 August 15th of 1947: 1947년 ...
North Korea and the Kim regime are important parts of our film because they are the backdrop. They are the reason that people need to escape and want to escape and have to escape.
The film, which includes interviews as well as archival and contemporary news footage, attempts to describe the nation's social realities with particular attention to media manipulation by the DPRK government, while also questioning the simplifications and caricatures about North Korea made by foreign observers.
"Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults" (Max) In 1997, 39 members of Heaven’s Gate , a celibate religious sect, died in a mass ritual suicide timed to the approach of the Hale-Bopp Comet.
Netflix and Korean public broadcaster MBC on Thursday defeated a court application for an injunction to stop the airing of their documentary “In The Name of God: A Holy Betrayal.” The 8-part ...