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Zessho haha o yobu uta: Tori yo tsubasa wo kashite

Zessho haha o yobu uta: Tori yo tsubasa wo kashite poster
Directed by
Umetsugu Inoue
Country
Japan
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This Japanese film from 1985 deals with the repatriation of Japanese spouses and their families who moved to North Korea as part of a return program. It focuses on the efforts of these individuals to return to Japan.

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What happens

『絶唱母を呼ぶ歌 鳥よ翼をかして』(ぜっしょうははをよぶうた とりよつばさをかして)は、1985年(昭和60年)に公開された日本映画。在日朝鮮人の帰還事業で朝鮮人配偶者とともに北朝鮮に渡った日本人妻・夫等数千人の帰国問題をテーマとした映画である。世界平和統一家庭連合(旧統一教会)の関連団体「日本人妻自由往来実現運動の会」が制作。同団体会長で、のちに日本統一教会会長となる江利川安栄が池田文子名義で原作とプロデューサーを務めた。監督は井上梅次。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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