Choir of God
Choir of God
Seeking support from the international community, North Korean authorities hastily organize a fake praise choir. As people with different goals prepare for the performance, unexpected conflicts and changes begin to emerge between the fabricated performance and each person’s beliefs.
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12 recordsChoir of God is a Korean drama film directed by Kim Hyeong-hyeop. It was released on December 31, 2025, and its official runtime is 110 minutes.
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- Choir of God (2025)Korean Film Council / KOBIZ · Specialist database · Grade AOpen source →
Choir of God was produced by STUDIO TARGET, with Park Si-hoo, Jung Jin-woon, and Tae Hang-ho among its main cast.
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- Choir of God (2025)Korean Film Council / KOBIZ · Specialist database · Grade AOpen source →
- 박시후 "영화 촬영장 그리웠다"…가정파탄 의혹은 "법의 심판에"연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
The film takes as the starting point of its main storyline the premise that North Korean authorities organize a fake praise choir to obtain support from the international community.
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- Choir of God (2025)Korean Film Council / KOBIZ · Specialist database · Grade AOpen source →
- '신의악단' 김형협 "'7번방의 선물'쓴 원작자의 따뜻한 작품"iMBC 연예 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
The production team has said that the work has motifs drawn from true stories, but has not confirmed that all the specific events depicted in the film reproduce actual events exactly.
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- '신의악단' 김형협 "'7번방의 선물'쓴 원작자의 따뜻한 작품"iMBC 연예 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
Billy Graham visited North Korea in 1994, preached at Chilgol Church in Pyongyang, and met Kim Il-sung at the time.
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- 칠골교회한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
The condition of $200 million in international aid and the North Korean State Security Department’s organization of a fake praise choir appear in the film’s official narrative, but the independent historical sources currently available do not confirm that the same events actually occurred.
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- Choir of God (2025)Korean Film Council / KOBIZ · Specialist database · Grade AOpen source →
- 칠골교회한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
Director Kim Hyeong-hyeop said that he incorporated North Korea-related experience and consultations into the production to add realism to a story set in North Korea.
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- '신의악단' 김형협 "'7번방의 선물'쓴 원작자의 따뜻한 작품"iMBC 연예 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
Park Gyo-sun, played by Park Si-hoo, is a North Korean State Security Department officer who is assigned to organize the fake praise choir in the film. Kim Tae-sung, played by Jung Jin-woon, appears as a captain in the State Security Department.
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- 박시후 "영화 촬영장 그리웠다"…가정파탄 의혹은 "법의 심판에"연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
Some scenes in the film depicting North Korea’s snowy landscapes, among other things, were shot in Mongolia and Hungary, not in North Korea itself.
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- 박시후 "영화 촬영장 그리웠다"…가정파탄 의혹은 "법의 심판에"연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
The reliable public sources currently confirmed do not directly identify major characters in the film, including Park Gyo-sun and Kim Tae-sung, with specific real people.
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- 박시후 "영화 촬영장 그리웠다"…가정파탄 의혹은 "법의 심판에"연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
- '신의악단' 김형협 "'7번방의 선물'쓴 원작자의 따뜻한 작품"iMBC 연예 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
The official runtime of the theatrical release Choir of God, as listed in KOFIC and KOBIZ film information, is 110 minutes.
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- Choir of God (2025)Korean Film Council / KOBIZ · Specialist database · Grade AOpen source →
OTT information lists the Netflix title as Choir of God: Hymn, with a runtime of 107 minutes, but this difference alone does not establish that it is a separate work from the theatrical version or an independently edited version.
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- 신의악단:찬가키노라이츠 · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
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- Choir of God (2025)Korean Film Council / KOBIZ · Specialist database · Grade AOpen source →
- 박시후 "영화 촬영장 그리웠다"…가정파탄 의혹은 "법의 심판에"연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
- '신의악단' 김형협 "'7번방의 선물'쓴 원작자의 따뜻한 작품"iMBC 연예 · Creator interview · Grade BOpen source →
- 칠골교회한국민족문화대백과사전 · Encyclopedia · Grade AOpen source →
- 신의악단:찬가키노라이츠 · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →