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Choe Ik-kyu and Pak Hak

Choe Ik-gyu was born on 26 February 1934 in Hwadae district, in North Hamgyong. He joined the Korean film studio in 1955 and ran it at a very young age; from 1968 he worked alongside Kim Jong-il, became deputy director of the propaganda and agitation department, then minister of Culture from 2003 to 2006 and head of that department from 2009 to 2010. Pak Hak, his co-director, also wrote the film's screenplay.

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