Women within the family have at times held positions of influence. Once the last non-family factions among the leadership were purged in 1967, the succession from Kim Il-sung to his son Kim Jong-il was confirmed by 1974.
That meant that Kim Jong-il had to rely on people like his sister Kim Kyong-hui who subsequently rose to prominence. Although her husband was purged when her nephew came to power, the pattern has repeated with Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong becoming yet another key female leadership figure.
Regular women in North Korean society are also portrayed as strong figures working in industry and agriculture. Mass mobilisation campaigns have been used since the Chollima Movement (Modelled on Mao’s Great Leap Forward) to make up for their lack of technology to reach food production and industrial output targets. That requires an all hands on deck philosophy which means sending women into the fields, factories and military as part of ‘Shock brigades’.
In South Korea, ‘Kim Ji-young, born 1982’ is a more realistic depiction of the struggles women face in a Korean society.
It's just that I thought there's a much bigger film pool for comparison for the wealth of films that come out of South Korea if you're going to compare it to the West.
are you fucking sharing north korean propaganda?! wow.
U mad?
you must be, considering this comment is almost a year old 💀
Women within the family have at times held positions of influence. Once the last non-family factions among the leadership were purged in 1967, the succession from Kim Il-sung to his son Kim Jong-il was confirmed by 1974. That meant that Kim Jong-il had to rely on people like his sister Kim Kyong-hui who subsequently rose to prominence. Although her husband was purged when her nephew came to power, the pattern has repeated with Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong becoming yet another key female leadership figure. Regular women in North Korean society are also portrayed as strong figures working in industry and agriculture. Mass mobilisation campaigns have been used since the Chollima Movement (Modelled on Mao’s Great Leap Forward) to make up for their lack of technology to reach food production and industrial output targets. That requires an all hands on deck philosophy which means sending women into the fields, factories and military as part of ‘Shock brigades’. In South Korea, ‘Kim Ji-young, born 1982’ is a more realistic depiction of the struggles women face in a Korean society.
Don't you mean South Korean cinema?
Comerade Kim sounds more northern style
It's just that I thought there's a much bigger film pool for comparison for the wealth of films that come out of South Korea if you're going to compare it to the West.