A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer

A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power

Paul Fischer

353 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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It opens with a double kidnapping . . .Madame Choi, South Korea's most famous actress, is lured to Hong Kong, drugged and smuggled out on a ship. When her ex-husband, Shin Sang-Ok, Korea's most acclaimed director, goes to look for her, he vanishes...

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informative 90%
dark 39%
tense 30%
adventurous 24%
emotional 24%
reflective 24%
challenging 15%
sad 12%
inspiring 9%
mysterious 6%
hopeful 3%

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fast 18%
slow 18%

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