they looked at almost as a super natural being. >> the successor was trying to become god like. >> kim jong-il was the oldest son. >> kim jong-il was said to have been born on the sacred mountain. this is where by korean legend the korean nation began many thousands of years ago. >> the small mountain cabin where it claims his mother gave birth is today a shrine. >> in fact he was born in russia when his father was with the russian military. >> by the early 1980s it seems that he had carved out a really significant niche himself within the power structure. >> kim jong-il was a compare tore of funds to a lot of people in the western world because he was short and had the beau font hair and wore elevator shoes.