Ryang Kang Do, Sam Ji Yeon Gun, Bo Cheon Ri. In this village live poor Jong-soo and Jong-seong with their widowed mother. Jong-soo is fourth grade the Bocheon-bo In-min school and is very cheerful and... More
Jeong Seong-san's Long Struggle to Make Film About N.Korea 2012/02/04, Source, Jeong Seong-san
Director Jeong Seong-san's latest film is titled "Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North!" and portrays children rather than political and ideological struggles in North Korea. The film was released in November 2011. Jeong said, "I wanted to depict the reality in North Korea accurately through cultural medium".
"Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North!" begins with a scene where Christmas presents attached to balloons from South Korea fall on a village in North Korea. The film took seven years to reach the theaters. The project started in 2004 but only finished in 2006 after much difficulty. Then it took another six years to finally find a distributor, only to be screened in a very small number of cinemas,...More
[HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2011.12.30 ~ 2012.01.01 2012/01/02, HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review(2011.12.30 ~ 2012.01.01)
"Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" is enjoying its third week at the top, and has added 1,013,668 to its total of 5,386,797 admissions. Tom Cruise's latest has silenced any doubts about the series becoming stale as his efforts here have been well received and continue to captivate audiences. The film is looking to pass "Kung Fu Panda 2" and even "Punch" in the top grossing films released in 2011,...More
Ryang Kang Do, Sam Ji Yeon Gun, Bo Cheon Ri. In this village live poor Jong-soo and Jong-seong with their widowed mother. Jong-soo is fourth grade the Bocheon-bo In-min school and is very cheerful and adult-like. His dream is to go to Pyeongyang. However, despite his activeness, Jong-soo despairs at the fact that children with an unfavorable appearence like him can't enter Pyeongyang.
Having decided he will go to Pyeongyang, he strikes a bonanza. He picks up an ad balloon that came from Seoul to North Korea last Christmas. The children who saw Jong-soo's present go crazy at the santa outfit and robot, and pack a bunch of their stuff and all gather in Jong-soo's house. Even Jong-soo's brother Jong-seong who was in the hospital for malnutrition seems to be getting better with the appearence of the robot. The children who are wearing the santa outfit become a speciality. All the jealous children start begging their mothers for the same kind of robot...
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