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The Mysterious City

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The Mysterious City
Directed byNorodom Sihanouk
Written byNorodom Sihanouk[1]
Starring
  • Weun Kim
  • Sin Myeung-ouk
  • Jang Seun-hi
  • Yu Won-joun
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
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Running time
88 minutes[2]
CountriesCambodia
North Korea[3]
LanguageKorean[1]

The Mysterious City is a 1988 Cambodian-North Korean film directed by Norodom Sihanouk, former King of Cambodia.[2] The film tells the story of a Cambodian archaeologist setting out to find a mysterious temple discovered by a woodcutter within the Dângrêk Mountains.[2]

It is Sihanouk's first among four films to be shot in North Korea.[4]

Cast

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  • Kim Weun as Prince Indra-Putra,[5] an archaeologist[2]
  • Sin Myeung-ouk as Lieutenant Rithy[6][2]
  • Jang Seun-hi as Queen Shiva-Putri[7]
  • Yu Won-joun as General Brahma-Sena[8]
  • Hwang Hak-youn as Sok,[9] a woodcutter[2]

Production

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Filming began in May 1988 and ended in June the same year.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Voland, John (25 November 1988). "MOVIES". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "The Mysterious City". Bophana. Centre Bophana. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ "The Mysterious City (1988)". MUBI. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Norodom Sihanouk Archival Collection". Monash University. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Weun Kim". KinoPoisk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Myeung-ouk Sin". KinoPoisk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Seun-hi Jang". KinoPoisk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Won-joun Yu". KinoPoisk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Hak-youn Hwang". KinoPoisk. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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