Our Homeland

Our Homeland (かぞくのくに, 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 debut of Yang Yong-hi, a second-generation ethnic Korean living in Japan who based the film on her family history.[1][2][3][4]

This article is about the 2012 film. For the Homeland Generation, see Generation Z.
For the Hungarian far-right party, see Our Homeland Movement.
Our Homeland
Directed byYang Yong-hi
Produced byKoshikawa Michio
Sato Junko
Kawamura Mitsunobu
Written byYang Yong-hi
StarringSakura Ando
Arata Iura
Music byTaro Iwashiro
CinematographyToda Yoshihisa
Edited byKikui Takashige
Distributed byStar Sands
Slow Learner
Release date
  • 11 February 2012 (2012-02-11) (Berlin)
  • 4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) (Japan)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.[5][6]

Plot

From the late 1950s and into the 1970s, more than 90,000 of the Korean residents in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice and an end to discrimination. Our Homeland tells the story of one of their number, who returns for just a short period. Yoon Seong-ho (Arata Iura) was sent to North Korea as a teen by his fervently North-supporting father. Returning to Tokyo for medical treatment after 25 years, he finds it difficult to open up to his family, including his passionately anti-North sister Rie (Sakura Ando). Seong-ho and Rie are two people handed radically different life perspectives by the course of history. While Seong-ho's path is sketched out for him, Rie recognizes that a whole world of opportunities is open to her. Including the chance to rebel against her own family.[7][8]

Cast

See also

References
  1. "'Our Homeland' director testifies about tragedy of ethnic Koreans in Japan". The Korea Times. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. Park, Eun-jee (12 October 2012). "'Our Homeland' a story of repatriation, reunion". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. Kim, Sam (6 October 2012). "Film shows family torn by NKorea-Japan program". Associated Press via Yahoo!. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  4. Schilling, Mark (28 December 2012). "Japan's female directors make a strong showing". The Japan Times. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  5. Schilling, Mark (4 September 2012). "Japan picks 'Our Homeland' as foreign language Oscar entry". Variety. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  6. Karasaki, Taro (14 September 2012). "Drama on ethnic Koreans' plight selected for showing at Oscars". Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  7. "Kazoku no kuni". Berlinale. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  8. Elley, Derek (12 February 2013). "Our Homeland". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
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