I submitted their memoir and my own questions both to Robert S. Boynton of New York University, an expert on Southeast Asian kidnapping as a political tool, and to the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North ...
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.
The Extraordinary True Story of Kim Jong-Il’s kidnapping of the golden couple of South Korean Cinema, The Movies They Were Forced to Make, and Their Daring Escape.
They gained Kim's trust - but could they escape? A non-fiction thriller with a plot so jaw-dropping even Hollywood couldn't make it up, this extraordinary book will be enjoyed by fans of Argo and Nothing to Envy.
But it isn't, Kim Jong-11 did, and Paul Fischer captivatingly tells perhaps the most extraordinary tale from the world's most bizarre country. Flabbergasting.' Paul French, author of International Bestseller Midnight in Peking
. . This is the true story of how the couple did as they were told - making a cult classic along the way - while secretly plotting a daring escape to the West. 'Gripping, absurd, harrowing' Esquire 'Bold, pacey.
An Amazon Best Book of the Month, February 2015Before becoming its dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's Ministry for Propaganda.