A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise...
- ISBN-10
- 1250054265
- ISBN-13
- 9781250054265
- Series
- A Kim Jong-Il Production
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 353
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-02-03
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Paul Fischer
Description
Documents the North Korean dictator's 1978 kidnapping of a South Korean actress and her filmmaker ex-husband, describing how they were imprisoned, forced to remarry, and compelled to make films for their captor before their daring escape.
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