In North Korean popular culture, graphic violence is not common — at least toward humans. However, attitudes around animals are a different story, as they are still seen mostly as mice catchers, guards or a protein source, not as life companions or friends. 

When it comes to people, even the most radical anti-American and anti-Japanese works, which aim at igniting hatred and desire for revenge, tend to avoid excessive brutality. 

Of course, gruesome depictionscan be found at locations such as the Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities, but these are intended to raise sympathy for innocent victims, with scenes