The Lovers and the Despot Page #2

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Woman Slave Ship,

which was one of Shin's

film scripts.

I remember the first time

I met Shin.

There was something

quite distinctive about him.

He had a bit of a swagger,

good-looking and very confident.

It's difficult

to articulate instinct,

but we felt there was

something about Shin

that didn't sit comfortably

with us.

His answers were

somewhat inconsistent,

and he appeared

to be very evasive.

He was quite clear that

he had nothing to do with it,

but wanted to have

police protection.

He felt that Choi had been

abducted by the North Koreans.

He was obviously

quite concerned

about what was going

to happen to him.

Yi:
Many different stories

spread.

Speculations.

Shin contacted Kim Kyu-hwa.

He was Shin's old friend

and business partner.

But Shin did not know...

he was also

a North Korean agent.

Choi:
(speaking Korean)

(projector whirs)

(film soundtrack plays)

(shouting)

(speaking Korean)

(speaking Korean)

(gunshot)

Choi:

Pierre Rissient:
I was in Hong

Kong for the film festival.

And because I had heard

about Shin Sang-ok,

I wanted to meet him

and to see some of his films.

I do not remember exactly

how it came about.

I remember that I found out

that he was at this hotel,

that I was surprised that

it was such a cheap hotel.

Clearly, he was not doing well.

From 1974,

the South Korean government

decided to stop his activities.

He was not authorized

to make films.

He was an outcast in Korea.

He had to try to find work

somewhere else.

(speaking Korean)

Jeong-kyun:
(speaking Korean)

Jang-ho:
(speaking Korean)

Rissient:
The suspicion

was that he was dead.

The suspicion that he could have

been killed by the Korean CIA.

(speaking Korean)

(boat engine whirs)

(tape recorder clicks)

Shin Sang-ok:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(singing Korean opera)

Choi:
(speaking Korean)

(opera continues)

(applause)

(tape recorder clicks)

Shin Sang-ok:

(speaking Korean on tape)

Jeong-kyun:
(speaking Korean)

Shin Sang-ok:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(hammering)

Man:
(speaking Korean)

(whistle blows)

Jeong-kyun:
(speaking Korean)

Shin Sang-ok:

(speaking Korean on tape)

Jeong-kyun:
(speaking Korean)

Shin Sang-ok:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(inaudible)

Choi:
(speaking Korean)

(sighs)

(film soundtrack plays)

(chuckles)

(Indistinct chatter)

Kim Jong-il:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(inaudible)

David Straub:
Kim Jong-il had

a most bizarre childhood.

He was clearly an awful leader

and an awful person,

as an adult.

But one has to feel

a little sympathy for this boy,

unable to live anything

like a normal childhood.

Apparently,

the decision was made

that Kim Jong-il couldn't

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