Antigua Corea, siglo XVII. El poderoso khan de la tribu Jurchen de Manchuria, que lucha contra la dinastía Ming para hacerse con China, se convierte en el primer emperador de la dinastía Qing y exige al rey In-jo de Joseon que se incline ante él, pero In-jo se niega, pues es leal a los Ming. El 14 de diciembre de 1636, la horda Qing invade Joseon. El rey y su corte se refugian en la fortaleza de la montaña de Namhan y se preparan para defender el reino.
El rey Yeongjo condena a muerte a su propio hijo, el príncipe heredero Sado, a quien no considera apto para gobernar. Debe encerrarse en una caja de madera durante 8 días hasta que muera de asfixia y hambre.
Un viaje a través de varios países para encontrar a aquellos que realmente conocen a Kim Jong-un, el líder de Corea del Norte, en un intento de comprender a un dictador contradictorio que parece gobernar su nación tanto con una benevolencia perturbadora como con una fría crueldad, mientras sus súbditos lo veneran como a un dios viviente en exaltadas demostraciones de un fanatismo ridículo.
They speak the same language, share a similar culture and once belonged to a single nation. When the Korean War ended in 1953, ten million families were torn apart. By the early 90s, as the rest of the world celebrated the end of the Cold War, Koreans remain separated between North and South, fearing the threat of mutual destruction. Beginning with one man's journey to reunite with his sister in North Korea, filmmakers Takagi and Choy reveal the personal, social and political dimensions of one of the last divided nations on earth. The film was also the first US project to get permission to film in both South & North Korea.
Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.
The son of a Chosun Dynasty general, Kim Du-han finds himself orphaned when the dynasty ends and the Japanese colonize Korea in the early 1900's. He sets out to build a resistance army in this historical drama.
The director's father, who did not know how to use a computer, left her an autobiography via email. It includes his whole life through many notable events such as the Korean War, the Vietnam War, 88's Seoul Olympic, New Town Development, etc.