This is a list of North Korean television programmes or series. For North Korean multi-part films and film series see list of North Korean films.
List
edit| Year | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Squirrel and Hedgehog | Kim Jun-Ok (Episode 1~4), Kim Young-Cheol, Kim Gwang-Seong, Do Cheol, Oh Sin-Hyeok, Yun Young-Gil, Lee Seok-Hoon, Lee Cheol | Animated series | ||
| 1980[1] or 1992 | A New Spring in Sokgaeul (석개울의 새봄)[2] | Drama | Based on a novel by Chon Se Bong. Drama about change of agricultural villages into collective farms.[3] | ||
| 1995 | Paekkumsan[4] | Drama | |||
| 2000[1] | Aspiration (열망)[5] | Drama | |||
| 2015 | Bulletproof Wall[6] | Um Chang-gol | Heon Sung-joon | Historical drama, Psychological thriller | The series is set in the 1940s Korea under Japanese occupation. Narrator often details the historical timeline, from North Korean viewpoint, compared to the one portrayed in the series. The series contains CGI animated action scenes. Cast actors of Russian origin appear in the series.[6] |
| 2012 | Chastisement (징벌)[7] | Historical drama | Takes place at the time of March 1st Movement[7] | ||
| 2003[1] | Coal Miner (탄부) [8] | Drama | Based on novel of Kim Mun Chang.[9] | ||
| 2003 | Hot plains (뜨거운 평야) | Drama | [10] | ||
| 2012 | Devote Yourself (자기를 바치라)[11] | Drama | |||
| It's So Funny | Comedy | One of the world's longest running stage-comedy variety shows ever. It has been running since the 1970s. [12] | |||
| 2000[1] | A Lark (종달새)[13] | Drama | |||
| 2010s | Kye Wol Hyang [14] | Historical drama | Takes place during Imjin war in the 16th century[14] | ||
| Common Sense | Propaganda[15] | Included the five-episode series Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle in 2004[16] | |||
| 2000 [1] VHS published in 2004-2005 | Our Warm House (or Our Warm Home) (따뜻한 우리집) [17] | Medical drama | Takes place at Pyongyang Maternity Hospital [17] About daily life in North Korea, in two parts[18] | ||
| 2000[1] | Red Soil (붉은 흙) [19] | Drama | Based on life of Ri Ryong-jin [19] | ||
| 2000[1] | The First Chief of Oil Department (첫 연유국장) [20] | Drama | Based on actual events [20] | ||
| 2002 | Grab the satba (샅바를 잡아라) | Drama | [21] | ||
| 2002 | Don't Wake Up Mom (엄마를 깨우지 말아) | Soap opera | In three parts, about a working couple[18] | ||
| 2002 | Love and hate (사랑과 증오) | Drama based on a "true story" | [22] | ||
| 2006 | The Class Continues (수업은 계속된다) | Drama | About daily life in North Korea, in eight parts[18] | ||
| 2009 | The Spring of Love (사랑의 샘) | Drama | About daily life in North Korea, in three parts[18] | ||
| 2010 | The name of that girl (그 처녀의 이름) | Drama | [23] | ||
| 2011 | Our Women's Soccer Team (우리녀자축구팀) | Drama | About daily life in North Korea, in three parts[18]currently 5 parts. | ||
| 2013 | Waiting for father (기다리는 아버지) | Drama | [24] | ||
| 2015 | Pyochang | Drama | [25] | ||
| 2016 | Value it preciously (귀중히 여기라) | Drama | [26] | ||
| 2017 | Glow of the North (북방의 노을) | Drama | [27] | ||
| 2018 | Insam diggers in the year of Imjin (임진년의 심마니들) | Drama | [28] | ||
| 2022 | The Last Unicorn (마지막 한알) | Drama | Based on true story of north korean table tennis player Pak Yung-sun.[29][30] | ||
| 2023 | A Note of an Official of the Prosecutor’s Office (한 검찰일군의 수기) | Drama | [31][32] | ||
| Unknown | Child Broadcast Time (아동방송시간) | Children's Program | Compilation of North Korean cartoons.[33] |
See also
edit
- List of North Korean actors
- List of North Korean films
- List of North Korean operas
- Television in North Korea
- Welcome to Pyongyang Animal Park, a film that was made originally as a two episode television series
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Korea Film Coporation [sic]. Others". korfilm.com.kp. Korea Film Corporation. p. 1. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ Ri 2012, p. 172.
- ^ "tv극". nks.ac.kr.
- ^ "[클로즈업 북한] 北 최고 인기 드라마 '백금산'…재방영 의도는?". kbs.
- ^ Ri 2012, p. 173.
- ^ a b JH Ahn (6 July 2015). "North Korea's "Bulletproof Wall" TV series oddly satisfying". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ a b Ri 2012, p. 179.
- ^ Ri 2012, p. 171.
- ^ "(텔레비죤연속소설) 탄부. 제6부[비디오자료]".
- ^ "뜨거운 평야".
- ^ Ri 2012, p. 178.
- ^ Herskovitz, Jon; Kim, Christine (12 April 2010). "There's Little Funny About North Korea's Comedy Show". ABC News. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010.
- ^ Ri 2012, p. 174.
- ^ a b Ri 2012, p. 177.
- ^ BBC Monitoring (8 January 2005). "N Korea wages war on long hair". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ McCurry, Justin (12 January 2005). "Get a socialist haircut, North Korea tells men". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ a b Ri 2012, p. 170.
- ^ a b c d e Understanding North Korea: Totalitarian dictatorship, Highly centralized economies, Grand Socialist Family. Seoul: Institute for Unification Education, Ministry of Unification. 2015. p. 333. GGKEY:Q35FXTAE44S.
- ^ a b Ri 2012, p. 175.
- ^ a b Ri 2012, p. 176.
- ^ "샅바를 잡아라".
- ^ "사랑과 증오".
- ^ "그 처녀의 이름".
- ^ "기다리는 아버지".
- ^ "표창".
- ^ "귀중히여기라".
- ^ "북방의 노을".
- ^ "임진년의 심마니들".
- ^ "New Faces Emerging in N. Korea's Culture and Art". kbs.
- ^ "북한서 '70년대 탁구여왕' 박영순 다룬 새 스포츠 연속극 방영". yna. 9 April 2022.
- ^ "New North Korean drama leans on violence and foul language to appeal to viewers". nknews. 4 January 2023.
- ^ "조선중앙TV 연속극에 관한 검찰일꾼 감상 발표 모임 조직". dailynk. 31 January 2023.
- ^ "KCTV Video Archive". KCNA Watch. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
Works cited
edit- Ri, Ok Gyong (15 September 2012). Hong Chan Su; Ri Un Gyong (eds.). Korean film: Feature Film, TV Drama, Documentary, Science Film, Children's Film / 조선 영화: 예술, 텔레비죤극, 기록, 과학, 아동 (in English and Korean). Translated by Ro Yong Chol; Jang Hyang Gi; Yang Sung Mi. Pyongyang: Korea Film Export & Import Corporation. OCLC 857899124.