Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography

Sep 23, 2015

0h 54m

★ 7.5

Overview

A journey through several countries to find those who really know Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, in an attempt to profile a contradictory dictator who seems to rule his nation with both disturbing benevolence and cold cruelty while being worshipped as a living god by his subjects in exalted displays of ridiculous fanaticism.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Hikari

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Cast

Self - Journalist

Titus Plattner

Self - Liebefeld School Head Teacher

Ueli Studer

Self - Former Jong-il's Adviser

Kim Kwang-jin

Self - Former US NSC Adviser

Victor D. Cha

Self - South Korean Professor

Kim Yeon-soon

Self - Former US SF Colonel

David S. Maxwell

Self - Former CIA Asia Director

Joseph R. DeTrani

Self - US NCNK Executive Director

Keith Luse

Self - Former CIA Member

Robert Carlin

Self - Former Kim Family's Cook

Kenji Fujimoto

Self - Former KPA Lieutenant

Park Sun-hong

Self - Radio Journalist

Jang Jin-sung

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