The Failed $48 Million Movie, Inchon
In 1982, a 48 million dollar movie called INCHON
(MGM/UA) was made as a tribute to the place General Douglas McArthur
and his 1950 amphibious operation landed to outflank the North
Korean invaders. It starred Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset,
Ben Gazzara, Toshiro Mifune, and Richard Roundtree, was written
by Robin Moore and Laird Koenig, and directed by Terence Young.
The movie was called the most expensive film ever made (up till
then) and interestingly received very poor reviews at the box
office. What few people knew was that the moviešs producer, Mitsuharu
Ishii, was a devoted Moonie and that virtually all of the money
was supplied by Sun Myung Moon.
(See Moonies)
Also, many of the people associated with the production
of the film reportedly were NOT told that Moon was financing the
film. Moon and Ishii had been investigated in 1977-78 by a congressional
subcommittee investigation into Korean CIA activities in the United
States. They had found evidence of KCIA/ Moon organization activities.
The 400-page final report has more than 80 pages specifically
on the Moon Organization.
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The INCHON film appeared to be an attempt
to use Hollywood to refresh the American public of their commitment
of blood and sacrifice to South Korea. The final congressional
report called for an Interagency Task Force be set up to further
investigate this international conglomerate. No such Task Force
was set up, but Moon was later convicted of conspiracy to evade
income taxes and served 13 months in prison. The Moon organization
has gone on to spend more than one billion dollars into their
Washington D.C. newspaper, the Washington Times. There
is little doubt that the organization continues to develop its
political influence.
