The Lovers and the Despot Page #3

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play with other children.

So he had only

a tiny number of playmates.

He was put

in an enormous house to live,

given a huge room

stuffed with toys.

(applause)

Undoubtedly, being raised

that way must have contributed

to the very odd personality

that Kim Jong-il developed.

As early as the

early seventies,

Kim Il-sung was having his son,

Kim Jong-il, groomed

to succeed him.

(muffled applause)

And yet, the people's respect

for Kim Jong-il

was much less than it was

for his father, Kim Il-sung.

Kim Jong-il was not the founder,

he was the son.

He inherited his position.

He was much shorter

than his father.

(inaudible)

And his father

was quite outgoing.

He looked like a politician.

He laughed, he slapped

people on the shoulder.

And Kim Jong-il was clearly,

in ways, self-aware

and knew that

he was not charismatic.

He was introverted, shy.

He never really spoke

publically to his people.

Kim Jong-il thought

of himself as an artiste.

(inaudible)

But in the late 1970s,

Kim Jong-il was actually running

the country, for the most part.

Kim Il-sung probably

had the last word,

but he was very much,

in many respects,

the retired grandfather,

and I don't think

he was watching very closely

what Kim Jong-il was doing.

(big band music plays)

(inaudible)

Choi:
(speaking Korean)

Kim Jong-il:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(canon fire)

- (shouting)

- (explosions)

(roars)

(explosion)

(explosion)

Choi:
(speaking Korean)

Jeong-kyun:
(speaking Korean)

Jang Jin-sun:
(speaking Korean)

Choi:
(speaking Korean)

(film soundtrack plays)

(sings in Korean)

Shin Sang-ok:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(laughing)

Kim Jong-il:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(laughing)

Shin Sang-ok:

(speaking Korean on tape)

Kim Jong-il:

(speaking Korean on tape)

Shin Sang-ok:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(Kim Jong-il laughs)

Narrator:

Korea, a land of morning calm.

Jong-il peak soars high

in Mount Paektu.

The dear leader,

comrade Kim Jong-il, was born

In this historic house in the

secret camp, below the peak.

The mountain is

a mysterious one,

where wonders are made.

(birds singing)

Jin-sun:
(speaking Korean)

(muffled cheering)

(inaudible)

(chuckles)

(cheering and applause)

Shin Sang-ok:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(laughing)

(Kim Jong-il laughs)

Kim Jong-il:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(muffled cheering)

Shin Sang-ok:

(speaking Korean on tape)

Kim Jong-il:

(speaking Korean on tape)

(speaking Korean)

(speaking Korean)

Choi:

(Choi chuckles)

(chuckles)

Kim Jong-il:

(speaking Korean on tape)

Choi:
(speaking Korean)

Nishida Tetsuo:

(speaking Japanese)

Rissient:
He was shooting

a picture in Prague.

It was a kind of sensation.

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