Featured New Asian Studies Releases from Kino Lorber Edu KIMJONGILIA The first film to fully expose the humanitarian crisis of North Korea, this stylish, deeply moving documentary is centered around astonishing interviews with survivors of North Korea¹s vast and largely hidden prison camps, and interspersed with archival footage of North Korean propaganda films and original art performances. United States. 2009. 74 min. English & Korean w/English subtitles. $149.00 (with PPR) $29.98 (without PPR) CROSSING THE LINE James Joseph Dresnok, a US Army private, stunned the world in 1962 by walking across the violently contested DMZ that cuts Korea in two and defecting to the communist North. This film tells his fascinating story. North Korea/U.K. 2007. 91 min. English and Korean w/optional English subtitles. $149.00 (with PPR) $29.95 (without PPR) A STATE OF MIND A STATE OF MIND follows two North Korean schoolgirls and their families in the lead up to the "Mass Games" -- the biggest and most elaborate human performance on earth -- and in the process reveals more of North Korea than ever before. North Korea/U.K. 2004. 94 min. English and Korean w/English subtitles. ³A generally evenhanded, and in some ways chilling, look at a world almost totally the opposite of our own, A State of Mind is a provocative, well-done film. Recommended.² Video Librarian $149.00 (with PPR) $29.95 (without PPR) BLUE KITE The most acclaimed and controversial film of the new Chinese cinema, THE BLUE KITE traces the fate of a Beijing boy and his family as they experience the political and social upheavals in 1950s and 60s China. China. 1993. 138 min. Mandarin w/English subtitles. $149.00 (with PPR) $29.95 (without PPR) THE SUN Set in Japan at the end of the second World War, the latest film from acclaimed Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov is an incisive, eerie portrait of the enigmatic Emperor Hirohito as he faces surrender and renunciation of his divine status. Russia/Italy/France/Switzerland. 2005. 110 min. English & Japanese with English subtitles ³A wonderfully eccentric and fascinating filmas a portrait of pathology that of Japan and of Hirohito both it¹s terrific.² Manohla Dargis, The New York Times $149 (with PPR) 29.98 (without PPR) NOW AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY SCREENINGS AND PRE-ORDER! THE RED CHAPEL In this Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film, a trio of Danish comedians, who call themselves "The Red Chapel", pretend to be regime sympathizers and mount an absurd variety show in Pyongyang. The result is an unconventional, hilarious and damning peek into a totalitarian regime. Denmark. 2009. 88min. Danish, Korean, English w/ English subtitles. $249.00 (with PPR or for Community Screenings) 129.00 (without PPR)
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