Repatriation (2004)

Name: Repatriation
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-03-19

2h 29m

Running Time

March 19, 2004
Release Date

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Plot.

In 1992, political prisoners from North Korea settled in the South Korean town where filmmaker Dong-won Kim lived. Sent to South Korea as spies during the war, they spent 30 years in jail. How did they endure the many years of torture? What will become of them now that they have been released? Twelve years in the making, Repatriation is a very personal view of a country divided by an ongoing cold war.

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Cast & Crew.

Kim Dong-won

Director / Screenplay

Mun Jeong-hyun

Director of Photography

Ryu Mi-rye

Screenplay

Byun Young-joo

Director of Photography

Pyo Yong-soo

Sound Supervisor

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Details.

Release Date
March 19, 2004

Original Name
송환

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 29m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-12

This Movie Is About.

communist saboteurs

korean spy

inter-korean relations

Wiki.

Repatriation (Korean: 송환; Hanja: 送還; RR: Songhwan) is a 2004 South Korean documentary film that documents the lives of unconverted long-term prisoners imprisoned in the South for more than 30 years. They were finally set free in the 1990s when inter-Korean relations improved, and repatriated to the North.

It was presented with the Freedom of Expression Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, the first time a Korean film has ever been presented with an award at the prestigious U.S. festival. It also won Best Documentary Award at the 19th Fribourg International Film Festival in 2005.