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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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