Overview
The true story of how a famous movie star and her ex-husband director were kidnapped by Kim Jong-il and forced to revitalise North Korea’s film industry.
The stuff of blockbusters... This is a fascinating book.
Sometimes true historical stories seem so outrageous that they can feel like a fictional script. When visuals such as comic art are added, the stories become even more engaging. Madame Choi and the Monsters is one of those stories – so engaging that it seems that it must be fake.
Smart witty, shocking, compelling, romantic and, to be frank, just a bit terrifying, Madame Choi and the Monsters is augmented by a fully detailed ‘Chronology’ of events capping off a brilliant tale of how strange life, love and obsession can be. This is a treat no thinking funnybook fan should miss.
The story is so incredible... It’s worth reading just to get an intro to Madame Choi herself. What a remarkable woman.
Domingo''s drawings, highly energetic and extremely economical, make them move at pace in spite of their complicated nature.
One of the wildest historical stories you’re liable to hear... I simply couldn’t help but admire the ambition.
Spät and Domingo create a stylized, bare knuckles approach to this drama, told half as dark kidnapping thriller, half as a parallel fantasy... A glimpse of an obscure snippet of history well made.
The incredible-yet-true story of celebrated South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, abducted in 1978 by North Korean secret agents on the orders of their film-crazed future leader Kim Jong-il.
Six months later, filmmaker Shin Sang-ok, Choi Eun-hee’s ex-husband, is abducted in turn. Choi and Shin remain unaware of each other’s fates until they meet again at a dinner hosted by Kim Jong-il in 1983.
Kim forces Choi and Shin to make films, including the infamous kaiju cult classic Pulgasari (1985), all while convincing the world that they serve North Korea willingly. Choi and Shin’s love rekindles slowly in this reunited captivity. Only at the 1986 Vienna Film Festival do they escape, fleeing in a daring car chase to the American embassy.
Six months later, filmmaker Shin Sang-ok, Choi Eun-hee’s ex-husband, is abducted in turn. Choi and Shin remain unaware of each other’s fates until they meet again at a dinner hosted by Kim Jong-il in 1983.
Kim forces Choi and Shin to make films, including the infamous kaiju cult classic Pulgasari (1985), all while convincing the world that they serve North Korea willingly. Choi and Shin’s love rekindles slowly in this reunited captivity. Only at the 1986 Vienna Film Festival do they escape, fleeing in a daring car chase to the American embassy.
- | Author: Patrick Spat, Sheree Domingo
- | Publisher: SelfMadeHero
- | Publication Date: Oct 10, 2024
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781914224225
- | ISBN-10: 1914224221
