Sea of Blood

Sea of Blood
Lyrics written by Kim Il Sung
Basis The mass killings of Koreans during the Japanese occupation.
Productions July 1971 to present [1]

Sea of Blood (Korean: 피바다) is a revolutionary novel, film, and opera created in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) about the mass killings during the Japanese occupation.[2] The performance is considered as one of the "Five Great Revolutionary Operas" (Korean: 5대 혁명가극), a group of classical, revolution-themed opera repertoires well received within North Korea.

At Pyongyang's main theatre, the operatic version of The Sea of Blood is the only show in town and plays three to four times a week. Sea of Blood is also North Korea's longest-running production being staged 1,500 times.[3]

It is also a novel and a three hour black-and-white film rumored to have been directed in part by Kim Jong Il, the son of Kim Il Sung.

References

  1. ^ Karl Malakunas. "It ain't Hollywood, but North Korean cinema only has room for one star". http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/3259. Retrieved 2006-04-30. 
  2. ^ KCNA. "Revolutionary opera "Sea of Blood" 30 years old". http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2001/200108/news08/24.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-30. 
  3. ^ John Gorenfeld. "Dear Playwright". Archived from the original on 2006-10-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20061029183408/http://reason.com/contrib/show/307.xml. Retrieved 2006-04-30. 

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