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Hellflower Films & Tigerlily Films present

The Lovers and the Despot

directed by Ross Adam & Robert Cannan

“They were kidnapped by their biggest fan”

20161h 38mNRDocumentary

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Hellflower Films & Tigerlily Films present

The Lovers and the Despot

directed by Ross Adam & Robert Cannan

“They were kidnapped by their biggest fan”

20161h 38mNRDocumentary

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Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.

§ Keywords

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cinema on cinema kidnapping movie business 1970s dictatorship hong kong docudrama ex-husband ex-wife relationship communism communist propaganda 1980s portrait of a filmmaker north korea inter-korean relations

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§ Cast

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Paul Courtenay Hyu

Paul Courtenay Hyu

as Shin Sang-ok

as Choi Eun-hee

Choi Eun-hee

as Self - Actress / Various Roles

as Self - US Intelligence Officer

Shin Jeong-kyun

as Self - Choi and Shin's Son

as Self - Choi and Shin's Daughter

as Self - Choi's Brother

Iain T. A. Hall

as Self - RHK Police Inspector (1975-79)

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