12 Films & TV Shows Set In North Korea (DPRK) During The 20th Century
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The Battle: Roar to Victory
Jilin Province ๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 1920sIn 1920, when Korea is under Japanese rule the Korean Independence Armyโs Hae-chul and his subordinates are carrying out the operation to deliver funds to the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai. During the operation Hae-chul is reunited with Jang-ha, a young squad commander, whose mission is to defend Samdunja. They unite and trap the Japanese soldiers in Samdunja, soundly defeating them. Now theyโre chased by Japanese troops and Hae-chul finds out that Jang-haโs mission isnโt over yet. A crucial yet dangerous task is still assigned to him.
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The Spy Gone North
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) The 1990sIn the lasting days of the Cold War โ South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing with the assignment of infiltrating a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about the North Korean nuclear program.
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The Lovers and the Despot
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) The 1970s The 1980sThey were kidnapped by their biggest fan โ Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il. Her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok, undertakes her search, but soon after he is kidnapped as well. In 1983, after living through years of tribulations, Kim Jong-il puts them in charge of the North Korean film industry in the hope of gaining international recognition.
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Operation Chromite
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea Tokyo Prefecture The 1950sThe Odds Were 5000 to 1 โฆ One was all They Needed. โ A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.
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Dear Pyongyang
๐ฏ๐ต Japan ๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) The 1970sDear Pyongyang is a documentary film by Zainichi Korean director Yang Yong-hi (Korean: ์์ํฌ, Hanja: ๆข่ฑๅงฌ) about her own family. It was shot in Osaka Japan (Yang's hometown) and Pyongyang, North Korea, In the 1970s, Yang's father, an ardent communist and leader of the pro-North movement in Japan, sent his three sons from Japan to North Korea under a repatriation campaign sponsored by ethnic activist organisation and de facto North Korean embassy Chongryon; as the only daughter, Yang herself remained in Japan. However, as the economic situation in the North deteriorated, the brothers became increasingly dependent for survival on the care packages sent by their parents. The film shows Yang's visits to her brothers in Pyongyang, as well as conversations with her father about his ideological faith and his regrets over breaking up his family.
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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 2000s The 1950sWhen two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
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Repatriation
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 1990s The 2000sIn the spring of 1992 documentary filmmaker Dong-won Kim met Cho Chang-son and Kim Seak-hyoung, two North Koreans arrested by South Korean authorities years before. Convicted of spying for the North, they were incarcerated and spent thirty years as political prisoners. These men, and many others like them, underwent conversion schemes in prison that involved torture: those who renounced their communist beliefs were released from prison early. The others, known as "the unconverted," served their full terms. None could return home to the North, however, until the turn of this century, when tensions between North and South eased significantly. Director Dong-won Kim followed these men for ten years, documenting how they survived -both physically and psychologically, the dehumanizing time spent in prison, and their quest, once released, to finally go home.
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Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
๐ง๐ญ Bahrain ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq ๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 1980sTwo North Korean terrorists posing as Japanese tourists under the names of Shin Icho and Ma Yumi, blow up a Korean Airline flight enroute to Baghdad. When investigators catch up with the two in Bahrain, they take suicide pills but Ma Yumi is revived and forced to stand trial for her crimes.
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Unsung Heroes
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong The 1950sThe film follows Yu Rim, a Korean expatriate in the United Kingdom working as a journalist, who is ordered by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea to proceed to Seoul and gather intelligence on the United States Forces Korea.
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Battle on Shangganling Mountain
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 1950s(From Wikipedia)- "Battle on Shangganling Mountain follows a group of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers who are holding Triangle Hill for several days against US forces. Short of both food and water, they hold their ground until the relief troops arrive. The movie portray the battle as a Chinese victory over an American invasion, and the People's Volunteer Army soldiers were shown as Chinese war heroes."
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฏ๐ต Japan ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 1950sJets Dare Danger Over Korea! โ A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.
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Retreat, Hell!
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (DPRK) ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea The 1950sA bunch of husky guys in battle-green who showed the world you can't stop a Marine. โ During the Korean War, a U.S. Marine battalion must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures and constant attacks by overwhelming numbers of Chinese soldiers.
