Paul Fischer’s book A Kim Jong-Il Production says that the Japanese crew, including Kempachiro Satsuma, who had worn the suit for the latest Gojira film, were recruited for what they were told was a Hollywood film being made in China. After a few days filming in Beijing, they were told the rest of the film would be shot in North Korea.
Shin Sang-ok really had been kidnapped on Kim Jong-Il’s orders…
