Empress Chung
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Empress Chung | |
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Directed by | Nelson Shin |
Release date(s) | August 15, 2005 (North Korea, South Korea) |
Country | North Korea, South Korea, USA |
Language | Korean |
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Empress Chung (왕후심청) is a 2005 South Korean animated film directed by Nelson Shin, better known for his work on The Simpsons, who spent eight years getting the project off the ground. Most of the animation work and score were done in North Korea, and the characters' voices were recorded in South Korea for the definitive version (the North Korean release has different voice actors to reflect the local dialect). It was the first film to have been released simultaneously in both North and South Korea, on August 15, 2005.
The story is an epic adventure based on a famous Korean folk tale about a daughter who sacrifices herself to restore her blind father's eyesight.