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Kim Jong-il Part 2: Time to Make a Movie…

Real Dictators

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Kim Jong-Il and Shin Sang-Ok

Shin Sang-ok was the most famous filmmaker and director in South Korea. He worked with the leadership to put in quotas and laws that protected local filmmakers. They were seen as sort of the Richard Burton and Elizabeth Tatum Korea. Shin is kidnapped from Hong Kong in almost identical circumstances to Che.

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