North Korean Movies

Introduction   Kim Il-Sung's life to the Korean War   Reconstruction&Growth in the 1960s   North Korean Government-Juche  Badges&Personality Cult

1970sRise of military,The Blue House raid, USS Pueblo&Economic Downturn Sino-Soviet Split   1980s Rangoon Bombing-Seoul Olympics-KAL 858 Bombing   

North Korean Nuclear and Missle Program   Flood and Famine   North Korean Prison Camps   North Korean Armed Forces   The Collapse of the USSR

The Death of Kim Il Sung and Succession of Kim Jong Il   North Korea sinks South Korean navy ship   Death of Kim Jong-Il, succession of Kim Jong-Un

North Korean Economy and Currency   Traveling to North Korea   North Korean History Timeline   North Korean Links   Mass Games   Daily Life in North Korea

North Korean Propaganda Posters   North Korean Movies

Thanks to Kim Jong Il's interest in movies, many resources in North Korea were invested in the movie industry. The Pyongyang Film Studios outside Pyongyang produce about 20 films a year. Most films are about the anti-Japanese struggle, Socialist themed andand historic films.

 Kim is famous for his passion for films and is said to have a movie library of over 20,000 titles. In 1978, on Kim's orders, South Korean film director Shin Sang-ok and his actress wife Choi Eun-hee were kidnapped in order to build a North Korean film industry.

The Flower Girl  ( 꽃파는 처녀 ) 1972 with Enghlish substitles staring Hong Yong-hee.

 A North Korean revolutionary genre theatrical performance, supposedly written by Kim Il-Sung himself

according to official North Korean sources. Hong Yong-hee is depicted on a North Korean won bank note, in her role as the flower girl.

 Pulgasari with English Subtitles

Pulgasari is a 1985 North Korean monster movie about an iron-eating creature who helps 14th century Korean peasants triumph over their oppressive government. It was produced by kidnapped South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang Ok and directed by Chong Gon Jo. The special effects were handled by Japan's Toho Studios

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's love of film is well-documented, but few outsiders

 know that he is revered as a genius of cinema by his own people. On this episode of 101 East

we gain a rare insight into the beating heart of North Korea's film industry.

 DPRK Movie Clips

The Korean star (part 1 ~ part9)

The Flower Girl (1972)

The Tale of Chun Hyang (1980)

Wolmido Island (1982)

Star (1983)

Ornamental silver hairpin (1985)

 Great bosom (1986)

    The Tale of Eundal (1986)

  The Adventures of 15 youths (1985)

 The Clever Raccoon Dog (animation)

 The Korean Star (part 10) (1987)

Race of the Sun (1987)

 Toraji Flower (1987)  

Animation: The Clever Raccoon Dog People's teacher (1964)

Memoir of a certain war correspondent (1980)

Hero of the Peasants (1987)

Race and destiny (parts 1~24)

 North Korean TV drama