{"product_id":"a-kim-jong-il-production-paul-fischer-9781250054272","title":"Kim Jong-Il Production","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Amazon Best of The Year Nonfiction Selection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal Top Ten Book of the Year  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's Ministry for Propaganda and all its film studios. Underwhelmed by the pool of talent available to him he took drastic steps, ordering the kidnap of Choi Eun-Hee (Madame Choi) - South Korea's most famous actress - and her ex-husband Shin Sang-Ok, the country's most famous filmmaker. But as Madame Choi and Shin Shang-Ok begin to make North Korea's greatest films, they hatch a plan of escape worthy of a blockbuster Hollywood ending. \u003ci\u003eA Kim Jong-Il Production\u003c\/i\u003e is that rarest of books: a wildly entertaining, cunningly told story that offers a rare glimpse into a nation still wrapped in mystery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gripping... \u003ci\u003eA Kim Jong-Il Production\u003c\/i\u003e tells the absurd, harrowing, and true story of Choi and Shin's ordeal, which reveals the importance of film as propaganda to the North Korean regime.\" --\u003ci\u003eEsquire.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The 1978 abductions of the South Korean actress Choi-Eun-He and her ex-husband, the director Shin Sang-Ok, in Hong Kong is the true crime at the center of Paul Fischer's gripping and surprisingly timely new book.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An entertaining new book...details how  Shin and Choi] finally seized their chance to seek asylum...A stupefying, novelistic read.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Fischer's entertaining narrative paints an arresting portrait of a North Korean theater state, forced to enact the demented script of a sociopathic tyrant.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Paul Fischer's book A Kim Jong-Il Production is a highly illuminating deep dive on the middle Kim's cinematic obsessions and the film arms race between the two Koreas.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exhaustively researched, highly engrossing chronicle of the outrageous abduction of a pair of well-known South Korean filmmakers by the nefarious network of North Korea's Kim Jong-Il.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (Starred Review) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Fischer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250054273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250054272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Paul Fischer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045229654271,"sku":"9781250054272","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2985778-73b0-4246-aaa3-410408f5fad2.jpg?v=1684977509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-kim-jong-il-production-paul-fischer-9781250054272","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}