Literary Persons and Artistes Who Left Clear Traces in History of Juche-oriented Art and Literature

Talented Scriptwriter Ri Chun Gu

Among the literary persons and artistes who left distinguished traces in the history of Juche-oriented art and literature is also Ri Chun Gu who glorified his whole life as a scriptwriter under the warm care of the peerlessly great men.

In the early １９７０s, Ri was honored to participate in a meeting held in the presence of Chairman Kim Jong Il and receive his precious instructions.

From then on, Ri buckled down to the creation of film script.

The instructions of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il served as the motive force bringing into full bloom his creative talent and the nutriment of his success.

Upon receiving the President’s instruction on elderly woman of Tae Song-ri, Ri successfully wrote the script of the feature film "We Will Follow You to the End of the Earth" dealing with our people’s will to single-mindedly follow the Party to the end of the earth.

Highly appreciating the film, the President and the Chairman bestowed great benevolence to be conveyed generation after generation on him.

Afterwards, Ri successively created masterpieces of the times such as "The County Party Chief Secretary", "Guarantee", "A Broad Bellflower", "Ask Yourself", "Man Enshrined in My Heart" and "Traces of Life", thereby giving great pleasure to the Party.

He always dealt with most urgent issues of the times in his works and provided philosophical and weighty explanation with perfect ideological and artistic qualities, thus making a positive contribution to equipping Party members and working people with the Juche outlook on the revolution.

The Chairman met Ri on several occasions and gave precious instructions to him as regards the creation work, highly appreciating his works.

Every time Ri met the Chairman, he keenly felt the rare wisdom and noble traits of the benevolent father, great teacher, and was full of admiration and veneration for the Chairman.

That’s why Ri wrote in his notes for story writing that he could glorify his life as a scriptwriter as he had faithfully upheld only our Party with his firm faith rather than a mere talent.

He made devotion to perfecting numerous feature films as the masterpieces of the times including "The Sun of the Nation" Part ２. "The Large River and Bubbles", a revolutionary film dealing with the immortal revolutionary history of the President.

Such great ardor and rare creative talent of his were based on his pure conscience and loyalty to the Party.

Respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un invited Ri to the Seventh Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea as a delegate and to the commemorations of the Eighth Congress of the WPK as a special guest.

When Ri passed away, the respected General Secretary made him rest in his immortal image, highly appreciating his feats.

Ri Chun Gu, a talented scriptwriter, who led a worthwhile life in the embrace of the Party, is still alive in the memories of the people along with his numerous masterpieces.

Rodong Sinmun