North Korea has always man­aged to pro­duce enter­tain­ment for con­sump­tion by its own peo­ple: movies, ani­ma­tion, tele­vi­sion shows, music, and more besides. For the DPRK, those pri­or­i­ties include the encour­age­ment of unstint­ing hard work and alle­giance to the state, embod­ied by Kim Il Sung.