Dear Pyongyang (2006)

1h 47m
Running Time

January 23, 2006
Release Date

Dear Pyongyang (2006)

1h 47m
Running Time

January 23, 2006
Release Date

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Plot.

Dear Pyongyang is a documentary film by Zainichi Korean director Yang Yong-hi (Korean: 양영희, Hanja: 梁英姬) about her own family. It was shot in Osaka Japan (Yang's hometown) and Pyongyang, North Korea, In the 1970s, Yang's father, an ardent communist and leader of the pro-North movement in Japan, sent his three sons from Japan to North Korea under a repatriation campaign sponsored by ethnic activist organisation and de facto North Korean embassy Chongryon; as the only daughter, Yang herself remained in Japan. However, as the economic situation in the North deteriorated, the brothers became increasingly dependent for survival on the care packages sent by their parents. The film shows Yang's visits to her brothers in Pyongyang, as well as conversations with her father about his ideological faith and his regrets over breaking up his family.

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Cast & Crew.

Masahiro Inumaru

Masahiro Inumaru

Sound Designer

Yang Yong-hi

Yang Yong-hi

Writer / Director / Director of Photography

Akane Nakawoo

Akane Nakawoo

Editor

Toshiya Inaba

Toshiya Inaba

Producer

Details.

Release Date
January 23, 2006

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 47m

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This Movie Is About.

woman director
japan
ethnic diversity
north korea
pyongyang
zainichi

Wiki.

Dear Pyongyang (Korean: 디어 평양) is a documentary film by Zainichi Korean director Yang Yong-hi about her family. It was shot in both Yang's hometown of Osaka, Japan and Pyongyang, North Korea. The film has both Korean and Japanese dialogue with subtitles. The US release has Korean and Japanese dialogue with English subtitles. In August 2006, Yang released a book in Japanese under the same title expanding on the themes she explored in the film.

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