The Juche Idea

Jim Finn, follows a South Korean video artist in North Korea who hopes to revitalize Juche cinema, somewhat inspired by a true story of a South Korean filmmaker kidnapped in the 70s to make the North Korean film industry better. This experimental satire that examines what happens when a South Korean filmmaker sojourns into communist North Korea to breathe new life into that country's flagging, propaganda-driven movie industry. Believing that cinema can prop up North Korea's Juche Idea of self-reliance, mad dictator Kim Jong-Il pulls out all the stops to help the young émigré produce appropriate films.

• Release date
• March 31, 2008
• Runtime
• 62 min
• Director
• Jim Finn

Cast

J

Jung Yoon Lee Yoon Jung

D

Daniela Kostova Russian Woman

S

Sung Kim North Korean Man Oleg Mavromatti Russian Man