Our Homeland (2012)

Original title

かぞくのくに

Directed by

Yang Yong-hi

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

G

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Korean man returns to Japan to visit his family after years of living in North Korea. The reunion brings up old tensions and quiet emotions for everyone involved.

melancholicintimateslow-pacedsubduedtenderreflectivebittersweet

What happens

Our Homeland (Japanese: かぞくのくに, Hepburn: Kazoku no kuni) is a 2012 Japanese drama film about a Korean man's visit to his family in Japan after a long exile in North Korea. This is the feature directorial debut of Yang Yong-hi, a second-generation ethnic Korean living in Japan who based the film on her family history. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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