かぞくのくに (2012)
Our Homeland
From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their number, who returns for just a short period. For the first time in 25 years, Sonho is reunited with his family in Tokyo after being allowed to undergo an operation there. Sonho’s younger sister Rie is at the centre of the film, and is not hard to recognise as the director’s alter-ego. In her documentaries DEAR PYONGYANG and SONA, THE OTHER MYSELF, Yang Yonghi told the story of her own life, and how, at age six, she experienced the departure of her three older brothers, who left their family for Pyongyang.
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Sakura Ando
as Rie
as Rie
Arata Iura
as Sonho
as Sonho
Tatsushi Ōmori
as Hongi
as Hongi
Yang Ik-june
as Mr. Yang
as Mr. Yang
Jun Murakami
as Juno
as Juno
Kotomi Kyōno
as Suni
as Suni
Yoshiko Miyazaki
as Mother
as Mother
Masane Tsukayama
as Father
as Father
Tarô Suwa
as Uncle Tejo
as Uncle Tejo
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Yang Yong-hi
Screenplay
Screenplay
Yang Yong-hi
Director
Director
Takashige Kikui
Editor
Editor
Tomoyuki Maruo
Art Direction
Art Direction
Taro Iwashiro
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Yoshihisa Toda
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
