Kim Jong Un appears in surreal, Hollywood-style propaganda video showing North Korean missile launch

• North Korea said it launched its largest intercontinental ballistic missile in a test on Thursday.
• State media released a Hollywood-style propaganda video showing Kim Jong Un at the launch.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un donned a leather jacket and Hollywood-style glasses in a propaganda video showing the country's ballistic missile launch.

The country claimed it successfully launched its largest intercontinental ballistic missile, the Hwasong-17, in a test run on Thursday. State media said Kim guided the launch himself, per the BBC.

A heavily-produced propaganda video of the launch was released by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on Friday. It is almost 12 minutes long.

The video shows Kim in sunglasses and a shiny black leather jacket as he walks in slow motion in front of the missile, flanked by two men un inform.

It then quickly cuts to the North Korean leader and his officials looking at their watches before Kim takes off his glasses, looks into the camera, and nods in approval.

Another scene shows military officials yelling as they press the button that sends the missile into the sky — a moment that is captured from many different angles. It then cuts to more footage of Kim and his officials cheering in slow motion.

Here is part of the video, as shown by the specialist North-Korea outlet NK News:

Thursday's launch marked the first time the country tested an intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017.

The missile reached a maximum altitude of 3,880 miles (6,248 km) and traveled 680 miles (1,090km) during a 67-minute flight before crashing into Japanese waters, KCNA said on Thursday, according to The Times of London. The launch was tracked by militaries in Japan and South Korea as well.

Kim's father, Kim Jong-il, was a massive fan of cinema, and owned more than 20,000 videos and DVDs, the BBC reported.

In the 1970s he even ordered the kidnapping of a South Korean director and an actor to help grow North Korea's film industry, according to the Guardian.