The Lost Film Last Seen in North Korea | Empress Chung
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
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0:00 - intro
0:56 - Atlas VPN
2:00 - North Korea
3:42 - film fest
5:53 - the mastermind
7:01 - the plot
8:03 - production
10:07 - DVD release?
11:17 - bits and pieces
11:50 - byzanemperor
13:22 - the director emailed me! - Розваги
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Could you do a video on another lost animated film called Beebylon. I’ve been doing a search for the film so if you want to ask any questions feel free to ask
@@ModwalletOFFICIAL I saw your post on the LMW Forums. Have you been able to contact anyone besides Bjorn Ringholm?
@@AllThingsLost Yep, including the main two film students and three possible candidates for producers.
Something you should know is that I kinda sorta got my IP banned from the Forums due to a lesser extent of tomfoolery on a Dr. T Boom Beach parody account. It was either that, or accidently sending a link to another forums site to someone who expressed distaste towards said Dr. T account.
Fortunately, the ban did not carry over to the Wiki itself, so search updates may be documented over on Beebylon's page there.
I feel that North Korea could have a lot of lost media that we don't know about. Thinking about it, given its isolationist status, there could be projects that either were shown to a limited audience or never got off the ground at all that we simply do not know about. We're lucky that we have so much knowledge about this film at all
Lost media is useless if there is no demand for it.
North Korea is isolationist yes but they're not afraid to show off what they're proud of as part of propaganda, you can find English subbed (or even dubbed) North Korean animated films online fairly easily.
As a fun fact, you can book a trip to North Korea (just Pyongyang really) fairly easily depending on where you're from and it's not even overly usafe as long as you follow the rules, they allow this because they want to spread propaganda that they're not actually that bad.
as an fyi, north korea isnt absolutely isolated. basically anyone from europe can go there as a tourist. just not americans.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes
I agree. There's definitely many that exist.
Empress Chung was the first piece of Lost Media that I made a video about!
I do hope the film becomes available to the public in the future.
I hope this gets found because it looks like a really interesting movie, I definitely want to see it now lol
So now we gotta wait for an Empress Chung remake to hopefully be shown in theaters all around the world. I'm up for that.
Another piece of lesser-known Asian lost media that you might be interested in covering is 'Nezha: Transformers', a collaborative project of Allspark Animation and China Central Television (CCTV). It was a Chinese animated crossover series between the 'Transformers Cyberverse' and the 2003 'The Legend of Nezha' animated series, which was based on the ancient myth of Nezha, the Chinese boy god of protection. . The show revolved around Nezha allying with the Autobots against the Decepticons and an evil demoness who could also take the form of a giant robot. Nezha too would also gain a robotic form. It consisted of fifty-two eleven-minute episodes It was supposed to release in 2020, but was delayed by the pandemic. Aside from one trailer, there's been nothing else. I'd really like to see someone cover it and maybe it could finally be unearthed. It seems like the sort of of thing that deserves to be seen.
What the fuck? Are you serious? This was official Transformers media? That's crazy.
We will probably never see it sadly. The studio probably went belly up due to the pandemic.
It's hard to believe there's no copies out there considering it showed at several different venues.
There’s a book about the kidnapping of the South Korean director and actress called a Kim jong il production. It was really good check it out
I’ve read it once and it was a library book in Auckland, where I used to live there.
Damn. Now I wanna see it. I like the story and the animation looks pretty good.
That was cool that Nelson Shin responded to you. (Sadly, I think his work on Star Wars that you mentioned was removed in the "Special Edition".) Just guessing here, but it's possible there's some legal entanglement preventing them from releasing it.
Regarding the animation looking "weird", AKOM doesn't produce the highest quality animation. They are contracted because they are cheaper than other studios.
They did indeed do a significant portion of the third season of The Transformers, and they look awful. The animation is so bad in some instances that it renders the episode incomprehensible. A drastic drop in quality from the previous two seasons which were mostly animated by Japan's Toei Animation.
The producers of Batman: The Animated Series eventually refused to use AKOM due to the low quality of their animation and the problems they encountered.
I believe the Mondo TV bootleg of Disney's Lion King (itself a knock-off of Tezuka's Jungle Emperor Leo (Kimba the White Lion)) was actually CALLED "The Lion King" in some territories, adding further confusion.
But jungle emperor Leo, especially its manga source material, has a much different plot (or at least a variety of plots), leading to Leo himself having two cubs with his mate Lyre and then dying of a heart related sickness on a mountain. Pretty depressing for newbies but not for seasoned veterans I guess.
>(itself a knock-off of Tezuka's Jungle Emperor Leo (Kimba the White Lion))
Adam of YourMovieSucks would like to have a few words with ya.
Great video Mike! You've been on a roll lately, I love that you're branching out to some more obscure topics that haven't been covered to death already. Your Stanley Kubrick video is my favourite of yours. As a big Kubrick fan, that video is the best resource of his lost work I've seen. Keep up the good work!
Maybe the film festivals that first showed the movie could have it. The Annesy film festival had the Super Why pilot. Maybe they kept a copy of Empress Chung?
One could probably have gotten past the Windows Media Player error by looking in the page source for the direct video URL, but unfortunately the page seems to be not up anymore. :(
They probably renewed their website between 2021 (byzanemperor's Reddit post) and now.
There's probably more lost North Korean films that we dont even know about
North Korea outsourced its animation for European animation a few times, presumably because for the most part we have a somewhat favourable relationships with them all things considered (you can book trips to North Korea from some European countries). They mostly hate the US when it comes to west.
Thanks for bringing attention to Empress Chung. It's one of my favorite lost media cases.
Woah, this is certainly a lost movie last seen in North Korea
I think it’s funny you say “would eventually become a Republic” for South Korea when that’s skipping decades of them _both_ being dictatorships.
As for efforts to make it into a single unified country, things probably would have worked out if they were left to their own devices and the local committees hadn’t been either completely disregarded (or actively destroyed IE the Jeju Uprising) by American occupation or manipulated under Soviet occupation.
Yeah I felt the same way.
I assume he didn't delve into the topic because the video isn't really about that lol
Seeing people repeat claims about NK as if they're facts irks me a bit as well. Not that there aren't severe problems with how the country is run, but I'd rather see the supposed TV show about trimming your hair to meet NK code than a kids' cartoon movie that happened to not be released, just to see if it's actually real and not made up by state-controlled US media.
I know what you mean, I originally had a much larger section written about South Korean history, but it was getting too long. I did my best to simplify it to keep the video moving, but I made it too simple in the end.
While not exactly lost, there's a good video in there somewhere about the TERRIBLE South Korean anime knockoffs (i.e. Space Thunder Kids and Protector of Universe) and how they're all basically anti-North Korean propaganda. One even had a live action opening and was sold in Wal*Marts 10+ years ago when they carried those awful dollar DVD's.
A local Walmart still has dollar DVDs. I hope I can find some of these. Even if not, I'm pretty sure some of these can be streamed on Tubi.
@@MrElbowsmash I’ve seen a ton of South Korean Mecha ripoff films online. Thank goodness, Taekwon V surely has the balls to become legally distinct from its inspiration, Mazinger Z.
I've also heard that many South Korean cartoons were knock-offs of Japanese anime which were done due to a ban on Japanese imports due to the war crimes the Japanese committed against the Koreans in WWII. Though I also heard that some anime were shown in South Korea, but they edited some scenes and removed the credits to make it seemed like they were made in South Korea
@@pablocasas5906 They legit had a shot for shot remake series of Gatchaman, which even had merchandise. And it didn't stop with just their history with Japan, they also blatantly ripped off American properties like Wonder Woman and ET as well. But those bootlegged mech films tended to have caricatures of North Korean dictators as villains. Or at least one did and the cheapo company that edited them together to make more movies just used that footage over and over.
@@mightyfilm yeah, I saw some of those South Korean Wonder Woman and Batman knock-off animations in a video made the channel Wookong about the history of South Korean animation. I think there was also a Dragon Ball rip-off released under the name Super Kid, which strangely got dubbed into various languages like European Spanish
North Korea really is the best place for stuff to get destroyed/lost
It would be interesting to see a list of works confirmed to have been animated in North Korea. It's been alluded to over the years, as kind of an open secret.
This was a great video. Keep it up.
Do lost commercials 2
9:27 *comic sans spotted*
Perhaps someone could contact the Korean Film Archive that holds a copy of the film...and ask them if they at least allow others to view the film itself.
Or...FUCKING COPY IT.
Why is this video underrated
Yes, this movie was available online. I remember it was fully available at few sites (some Vimeo-like sites, don't remember) when browsing for Korean animated movies around 2013 when I was about 13 years old and planning to see it before forgetting it for years. I was really surprised that it was suddenly regarded lost. Maybe you should continue contacting them about the movie?
This video has had more thumbnails than the film has had chances to be found
Now I want to see it😭
I would love to see this movie. I love films with an East Asian vibe like Mulan or The Tale of Princess Kaguya
My suggestion is TMNT lost deleted scenes/sub plots
It sounds like a case of ownership. The north wants it, the south wants it, and neither side can come to an agreement.
(And check out the story about the kidnapped South Korean filmmakers and the movie they made, Pulgasari. It's wild.)
Im going to keep asking for a James bond lost media video .
That sounds pretty interesting actually
I wonder if Paper Will will include this in his upcoming North Korea documentary video.
I hope
Oh my god this a really bizzare story.
For a movie made from a terrible country (NK), the movie has surprisingly really good animation! I’m impressed
North Korea actually has a very sizeable animation industry, and a lot of European animation studios (mainly MondoTV from Italy) have outsourced to them.
Thing is like some kind of fairy tale MacGuffin that if found and hold by the right person could finally unify the cracked realm, or some stuff like that.
It looks amazing i hope it's found i would pay to see it
Does anybody know this Apple commercial? It was a commercial for reopening? I’m might be mixing it up with a another commercial. It aired around 2021 or 2020 i think but i forgot but they were singing some song i remember. does anyone know? Reply if you know.
Why did the thumbnail change?
ayo, new vid???
Empress Chung looks like that Titanic movie the one with the talking dog
"Korean Ministry of Unification"?
Which one?
Whoa 😮
6.8.23
I mean maybe you guys can contact the European festivals that showed it.
That’s like if China and Taiwan made a movie together while tensions are high right now.
I'll bet they have man. Money rules all.
"China and Taiwan" aka China
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I would find it hard to enjoy a movie with a gun to the back of my head
I think it got "lost" so North Korea won't make money of it.
Man this movie is a lost treasure, north korea today. It's all a simple home staying regime
Well, time to take a trip to North Korea. I guess there are perks to not be an American.
I’m pretty sure for any foreigner that goes to North Korea, you have to be in a “state-approved” tourist group at all times. You can’t go to places that they don’t want you to see. I’m not saying this from western mainstream media or whatever, this is literally according to some UA-camrs that have actually been to North Korea. It’s even gotten much harder to even escape the country if you’re a North Korean citizen.
luckily im not american, i might even be able to study law there. maybe if i ever visit i'll seek empress chung dvds/stuff
Ayy
Lol
Fun fact: Switzerland is the country with the most amount of freedom.
I mean it is kind of subjective in which country has the most freedom. According to the Democracy Index, Norway is on the very top of list as of 2022. However according to Freedom House, Finland, Norway, and Sweden all had a perfect score of “100” on their global freedom score.
@@thedrewster0408 freedom isn't really subjective man
@@shonenjumpmagneto I know freedom isn’t subjective. What I was saying is the indexes are subjective.
Eh
I'm not sure if North Korea is as bad as they say, I'm sure it isn't great but with most of what we hear about it coming from US sources and they have ulterior motives...
Dont worry we can just steal it!
*cuts to me infront of a north korean firing squad* THIS WAS A MISTAKE!
"Endangered" may be a bit much.
If this movie is in The South Korean Film Registry, hopefully it should be safe for centuries, as long as America is their ally & we are both strong Nations.
If you're confused, The American Film Registry is real hardcore & seeks to preserve films for like, future aliens to see & shit. It's just a matter of resources & South Korea luckily is a World Power but not nearly as strong as America is.
North Korea rocks !
West is ill. It's good for North Korea to be isolated, to escape this degeneration that we are experiencing at the moment.
What exactly do you mean?
@@Johnmightbehere The West is collapsing. It makes no sense for North Korea to open itself up to all the filth we live in.
I would like to live in a nation that doesn't have the knowledge of Lizzo and doesn't even have the concept, for example
You act like they don’t do worse things than “degeneration”, be thankful
@@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario What do they do the worst? Is there anything worse than Lizzo there? 😅
I will not believe propaganda. I need to live there to find out the bad things they do.
@@Fellipe2k5 did ya miss the part kidnapping two people and forcing them to make a propaganda film? And while this isn’t North Korea, china literally has concentration camps for people because of their race
Is that better than an artist you simply don’t like?