Our Homeland (2012)
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.
Director:
Yang Yong-hi
Writer:
Yang Yong-hi
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Sakura Ando as Rie |
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Arata Iura as Sonho |
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Tatsushi Ōmori as Hongi |
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Yang Ik-june as Mr. Yang |
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Jun Murakami as Juno |
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Kotomi Kyono as Suni |
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Yoshiko Miyazaki as Mother |
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Masane Tsukayama as Father |
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Tarō Suwa as Uncle Tejo |
| Directing | Yang Yong-hi | Director |
| Writing | Yang Yong-hi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Taro Iwashiro | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Takashige Kikui | Editor |
| Art | Tomoyuki Maruo | Art Direction |
| Camera | Yoshihisa Toda | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Takahiro Takasugi | Assistant Director |
| Art | Tōru Fujita | Decorator |
| Production | Mitsunobu Kawamura | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mitsunobu Kawamura | Development Producer |
| Production | Junko Sato | Producer |
| Production | Michio Koshikawa | Producer |
