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Kimjongilia (begonia), 123–24

Kim Jong-nam, 41–42, 49, 226

Kim Jong-suk (mother of Kim Jong-il), 81

Kim Jong-un, 233, 234, 236–37, 240, 241, 242–43

Kim Ki-duk:
3-Iron
, 67

Kim Kyong-hui, 236, 242

Kim Myeong-je, 198

Kim Sin-rak (Rikidōzan), 133–34, 219

Kim Suk-young:
Illusive Utopia
, 32–33, 111, 124–25

Kim Young-soon, 41–43

Kinagawa, Kazuo, 151–52

Kobayashi, Ichizo, 194

Koizumi, Junichiro, 87

Korea
(early Shin film), 172

Korean Central News Agency (
KCNA
), 34, 59, 234, 241, 242

Korean Central Television (
KCTV
), 22, 239

Korean Film Archive, 176, 184, 190, 209

Korean Film Studio, 122, 141, 147–50, 153–55; and filming of
Pulgasari
, 150–53

Korean Friendship Association (
KFA
), 186–87

Korean People's Army, 82, 83, 187, 242

Korean Revolution Museum, 78, 123

Korean War, 34, 44, 96, 117, 125–26, 227; Choi's experiences during, 171; massacres of North Koreans during, 17–19; prelude to, 81–82;
Red Muffler
as set in, 189–91; reunion of families separated during, 243; UN forces in, 82–83, 171, 234–35;
Unsung Heroes
as set in, 158–59; U.S. bombing during, 60–61, 83

Korean Workers' Party.
See
Workers' Party of Korea

Korean Youth Corps, 25, 52, 95, 191

Koryo Hotel, 196–97

Kubrick, Stanley:
2001: A Space Odyssey
, 139–40

Kumgangsan (Diamond Mountains), “holiday gulag” in, 164

Kumsusan Sun Memorial Palace, 141–44

Kurosawa, Akira:
Kagemusha
, 88

language, North Korean, 55–56; idioms/speech of, 56, 146

Lankov, Andrei, 197–98

Lee Myung-bak (“The Bulldozer”), 164, 226, 239

Lee Sang-hee, 4–5

Lee Seung-yeon, 67

Lee Tai-young, 228

“The Legend of Chunhyang,” 170, 172

Lintner, Bertil:
Great Leader, Dear Leader
, 73, 126

Little Boy
(art exhibition), 212–13

Love, Love, My Love
(
Sarang sarang nae sarang
), 122, 170

Lucky Dragon 5
(Japanese tuna boat), 192

MacArthur, Douglas, 83

Madame Choi.
See
Choi Eun-hee

Manchuria, 62, 72, 74; Kim Il-sung's youth/guerrilla activities in, 80–81, 145

Mangyongdae (Kim Il-sung's birthplace), 110–11; Children's Palace of, 95

Mansudae Art Studio, 134

Mansu Hill Grand Monument, 123

Mao Zedong, 83, 89, 106, 137, 154; suit made famous by, 111, 126, 128, 140; Tiananmen Square portrait of, 138–39

Martin, Bradley K.: Kim Il-sung biography by, 80–81

matsutake mushrooms, 36, 52, 94, 162

Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
, 225

melodrama: aims of, 228–29; as directed by Shin, 3, 89, 152–53, 175–76, 208; as directed by Sirk, 228–29; of
Evergreen Tree
, 3, 175–76; by Gorky, 184; and “heroification” of Kim Jong-un, 237; Kim Jong-il's quest to perfect, 211, 214–15; North Korean tendency toward, 146, 167

Michelangelo, 105

Mifune, Toshiro, 151

“Military First” politics, 116, 119, 139

Mindan (pro-American political faction in Japan), 44

Miyazawa, Kiichi, 107

monster movie genre, 151, 153, 198, 208, 220, 230. See also
Godzilla
;
Pulgasari

Monster Zero
(film), 219

monuments, 15, 78, 110, 124, 204, 239, 242; to Godzilla, 193; Juche Tower, 60, 127; Mansu Hill, 123; to Party Founding, 95; to rulers/dictators, 56–57, 86, 109, 123, 138

Moon Sun-myung, 15, 96–97; Unification Church of, 96–97

Morse, Andrew, 187

Murakami, Takashi, 212–13, 214

Mussolini, Benito, 144

Myat, Tun, 30

Myers, B. R.:
The Cleanest Race
, 57, 63–65, 113, 202

My Mother and Her Guest
(
Sarangbang sonnimgwa eomeoni
), 228

Nagasaki, 60–61, 193, 230

Nakajima, Haruo, 195–96

Nakayama, Kengo.
See
Satsuma, Kenpachiro

Newton, Robert, 150

NHK
(Japanese national broadcaster), 152

Niyazov, Saparmurat, 106;
Ruhnama
, 106–7

“North Korea Uncovered” (U.S. mapping project), 40

nuclear bombing, by U.S.: of Japan, 60–61, 192–93, 212–13, 230; as requested against China, 83

nuclear weapons program, of North Korea, 11, 163, 193, 200–1, 224, 234, 238–39, 241

nuclear weapons testing: by North Korea, 33–34, 37, 40–41, 201, 234, 241; by U.S., 192

Nye, Joseph: “soft power” concept of, 213–14, 215

Oh Kongdan.
See
Hassig, Ralph, and Oh Kongdan

Oh Su-mi, 177, 183

On the Art of the Cinema
(book by Kim Jong-il), 90–91

Orang, 29, 53

otaku
(Japanese people with obsessive pop culture interests), 213

Our Escape Has Not Yet Ended
(book by Choi and Shin), 126, 208–9

Palau, 67

Panmunjom, 12, 78, 79, 186–88

Park Chung-hee (General Park): assassination of, 84; brutal regime of, 2–4, 78, 225; and love of
Evergreen Tree
, 3, 93, 175–76; and Shin, 3, 8, 175–78, 190, 225, 229

Parrish, Jerry, 157, 158

Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on, 194–95

Persson, Göran, 87

Pol Pot, 106

Pororo the Little Penguin
(animated television series), 20

Potonggang Hotel, 96, 97

Princess in Love
(
Gongjunim-ui jjaksarang
),
176–77

Princess Tenko.
See
Tenko, Hikita

propaganda: Japanese, 144–45, 194–95; South Korean, 40, 225.
See also entry below

propaganda, North Korean, 32, 36, 93–94, 130, 162, 171, 201; art factory for, 134; high-pitched speech of, 146; Kim Jong-il as minister of, 7, 8; and power of film, 208–11;
Pueblo
as used for, 112–13; shamanism and, 184; as spouted by
DMZ
loudspeakers, 85, 188; U.S. soldiers as used for, 156–59

Pueblo,
USS
(U.S. spy ship), 16, 110, 112–14; protest by captured crew of, 113–14

Pulgasari
: as directed by Shin, 150–53, 155, 196, 198–201, 220; and
Godzilla
, 191, 200, 219; and monster movie genre, 198, 220, 230; release of, 225–26

Pusan, massacre in, 18

Putin, Vladimir, 87, 107

Pyeonghwa Motors, 15

Pyongyang, 15–27, 31, 44–45, 81; elite of, 48–50, 112, 131, 197–98; funeral of Kim Jong-il in, 239, 242; as having no burial grounds, 206; illusory street life/subway of, 32–33, 110–12; magazine image of, 10–11; monuments in, 15, 78, 95, 110, 123, 124, 204, 239; population of, 23; restricted travel in, 19, 77–78; suburbs of, 222–23; tour of/hotel life in, 95–102, 110–15, 119, 123–54, 191, 196–98, 202–7, 222–24; views of, 23, 127–28, 197

Pyongyang Bombing Squad
(
Pyongyang pokgyokdae
), 189

Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, 11–12, 27–28

Qin, Emperor of (Qin Shi Huang), 80

Racine, Jean, 138

“red complex,” 190–91

The Red Gate
(
Yeolnyeomun
), 189

Red Muffler
(
Ppalgan mahura
), 189–91

red scarf, as Youth Corps identifier, 25, 52, 165, 191

Repulse Bay Hotel (Hong Kong), 5

Reunification Highway, 155

Rhee Syng-man, 81, 175

Rice, Condoleezza, 34

Ri Chun-hee, 239

Rigoulot, Pierre, 44.
See also
Kang Chol-hwan

Rikidōzan (Kim Sin-rak), 133–34, 219

Ring, Ole, 170

Ri Sung-gi, 125–26

Rodong Sinmun
(
Workers' Newspaper
), 73, 88, 139

Roh Moo-hyun, 207

Rossellini, Roberto, 172;
Rome, Open City
, 175

Runaway
(
Talchugi
), 122

Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, 96, 98; Arirang spectacle at, 98–102; gymnastics recital at, 202–3; Inoki-Flair wrestling match at, 134

Ryugyong Hotel, 26–27, 240–41

Salt
(
Sogeum
), 181, 184–85

Samjiyon, 54, 67; airport of, 54, 94; Grand Monument of, 56–57; Schoolchildren's Palace of, 70–71

Satsuma, Kenpachiro: and
Galgameth
role, 221; in
Godzilla
remake, 196, 200, 221;
I Am the Actor
, 151–52, 155; in
Pulgasari
, 150, 151–52, 155, 196, 200

Schönherr, Johannes, 91–92

Sea of Blood
(Kim Il-sung opera), 94

Sea of Japan (East Sea), 36

SEK
Studio, 19–20

Seoul Films, 174.
See also
Shin Films

sex slavery, in wartime Korea, 66–67

shaman class, 66, 117

shamans and shamanism, 144, 183–84

Shigemura, Toshimitsu, 87–88

Shin Films, 2, 4, 174–79, 189–91; beginnings of, 174; films made in North Korea by, 121–22, 146–47, 150–53, 181, 183, 184–86, 198–201, 208–11; Park and, 3, 8, 175–78, 190, 225, 229.
See also individual films by name

Shin Sang-ok: childhood/youth of, 30; and Choi, 172–78, 227–30; death of, 171, 227; infidelity of, 177, 183; kidnapping/imprisonment of, 7–8, 51–52, 127, 179, 185–86, 221, 227; and Kim Jong-il, 147, 207, 208–10, 214–15; melodramas of, 3, 89, 152–53, 175–76, 208; memoir co-written by, 126, 208–9; and Park, 3, 8, 175–78, 190, 225, 229; and post-imprisonment escape to U.S., 181, 220; and return to South Korea, 224–25; U.S. work of, 8, 220–21.
See also
Choi Eun-hee; kidnapping and imprisonment of Choi and Shin, by Kim Jong-il; Shin Films

Shiri
, 92–93, 225

Sirk, Douglas, 228–29

Sjökvist, Harald, 74

“slogan trees,” 88–89

smuggling, by North Korean diplomats, 162, 234

Socialism is a Science
(book by Kim Jong-il), 101–2

“soft power” (Nye), 213–14, 215

Soga, Hitomi, 156

Song, Mr. (tour guide), 13, 26, 36, 38, 60, 67, 111, 112, 188–89; on acceptable haircuts, 114–15, 123, 159; on famine/“Military First” politics
, 116, 117–18, 119; at mausoleum, 142–44; and tour rules/order, 13–14, 28, 32, 95–96, 114, 128–32, 135–36, 140–41, 159, 203–4, 222; and tour singing, 53, 135–36, 203; unease of, 29, 71, 95, 115–16

Song Hye-rim, 41

Song Sok-hwang, 98

Songun Chongchi
.
See
“Military First” politics

South Korea, 20, 34, 42–43, 44, 54, 61, 62–63, 64, 72, 129, 156, 159; and airline bombing incident, 92–93, 225; blood purity in, 65–66; demonization of North Korean leaders in, 49, 201; Gwangju massacre in, 84–85; industries of, 160–61, 164, 242;
KAPF
artists' group in, 145–46; Kim Jong-il and, 49, 86–87, 207; Korean War air raids by, 189–91; Korean War anniversary ads by, 234–35; Korean War massacres by, 17–19; Moon's cult in, 15, 96; and North Korean idioms/speech, 56, 146; under Park, 2–4, 78, 225; in postwar era, 81–83; and
Pulgasari
, 198, 226; and relations with North Korea, 86–87, 164, 224, 226, 235, 238–39, 241–43; shamanism in, 183–84; in World Cup, 191.
See also
demilitarized zone (DMZ); Park Chung-hee

Speer, Albert, 139

Stalin, Joseph, 106; and division of Korea, 81–82; image of, 57, 89

Stalinism, 60, 63, 202

subway system (Pyongyang), 32, 110–12

Sukarno, 123

Supreme People's Assembly, 68

Suwon, massacre in, 18

Swartz, Richard, 137–38

Sweden, 82, 137–38; cars/drilling equipment from, 25–26, 169; diplomats/statesmen from, 20–21, 58, 87, 203, 205–6; North Korean diplomats caught smuggling in, 162, 234; travellers to North Korea from, 74–75, 77–80

Swedish embassy (Pyongyang), 20–21, 197, 205–6

Taedong beer, 22–23, 39, 205

Taedong River, 19, 22, 24, 95, 98, 115, 127

Taepodong missiles, 22, 69

The Tale of Shim Cheong
, 146–47, 209

Tenko, Hikita, 215–19; and Princess Tenko alter ego, 216–19

“Theory of the Immortal Socio-Political Body” (Kim Jong-il), 109–10

This Shouldn't Exist
(film), 93–94

3 Ninjas
children's movies, 220

tigers, Siberian, 72, 79–80, 164–65

Titian, 104–5

Toho Studios, 150–53, 193, 194–96. See also
Godzilla
;
Pulgasari

tour of North Korea: authors' companions on, 12–13; breakdowns of order on, 115–16, 128–32, 135–36, 140–41, 167, 203–4; filming of, 36, 53, 99, 188, 204, 207; in “foreigners' bus,” 55; “home stay” of, 36–39; at Korean Film Studio, 147–50; last night of, 203–7; North Korean sympathizers on, 38, 39–40, 47, 123; and
Pueblo
tour, 112–14; rules of, 13–14, 28, 32, 52–53, 95–96, 114, 159, 168–69, 222; and store for tourists, 119; and subject of famine, 116–18.
See also
Kim, Ms.; Song, Mr.

tourism, 12, 19, 21, 54

Truman, Harry S., 81, 83

The Truman Show
, 37

Tsuburaya, Eiji, 193–95, 219

tunnels: under embassy buildings, 205; “infiltration,” 169; at Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site/Hwasong concentration camp, 34, 40–41

U Kun-chol, 91–92

Ultraman
(television series), 1, 193