Manse for Chollywood! 'The Story of a Fighter' (1965)

01 Dec 2017

Korea's Battleship Potemkin: Mutiny on the SS Kimball R. Smith

The defection of a South Korean crew and internment of a US ship and sailors in the spring of 1949

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18 Jun 2018

Manse for Chollywood! 'Order No. 027' (2003)

Synopsis and analysis to a North Korean film about a commando squad.

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02 Nov 2021

The Battleship Potemkin; A Movie Review 96 Years Too Late!

The Battleship Potemkin; A rip-roaring, swashbuckling silent soviet propaganda movie that should be seen.

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17 Jun 2018

Yanggak Island Discs: Two Songs from 'Love, Love, My Love' for the Dano Festival

Two great songs from the DPRK's most romantic film for the Dragon Boat Festival.

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20 Oct 2022

Western Movies in North Korea

Intriguing film posters of the Pyongyang Film Studio - what are they? And how western movies play a role in North Korea.

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12 May 2018

The Pulgasari Rap (in Chinese)

Manse for Cholliwood // A Chinese rap summary of the 1985 North Korean monster film

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16 Nov 2021

On The Green Carpet | North Korean Movie Review

Don't worry - not a movie about carpets. But it is set in North Korea's photogenic capital Pyongyang. And more importantly, it features the acrobatic marvel that is the mass games.

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05 Jul 2018

Manse for Chollywood! 'A Family Basketball Team' (1998)

Analysis, synopsis, and video link to a North Korean sports film about basketball.

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12 Jul 2018

Manse for Chollywood! '5 Guerrilla Brothers' (1972)

Synopsis and analysis to a North Korean Feature Film about a anti Japanese forces and the creation of the DPRK.

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10 Nov 2018

'Who started the Korean War?'

Two old black and white North Korean and American films on the start of the Korean War

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25 Aug 2017

Looking back on 'Crossing the Line'

In May 2004, Koryo Tours’ founder Nicholas Bonner was leading a tour in Pyongyang when the Korean film company asked him to accompany them for a meeting. He was told he would be meeting 'someone' he and film director Dan Gordon had wanted to meet for quite sometime. On arrival at the film office a tall man in a dark Korean suit entered the room and, in a Virginian drawl, said to Nicholas, 'I hear you want to ask me some questions… so go ahead'.

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13 Feb 2018