Dear Pyongyang
2006-01-23 | 107 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
Recommendations
-
The New God
-
Hannibal
-
Object: Alimony
-
They Were Witches
-
Red
-
Nós
-
Fight Club: Members Only
-
Mieheke
-
Dumber Heroes
-
The Open Road
-
Evolução
-
The Criminals
-
Hello! Project Sports Festival 2006 Solo Yoshizawa Hitomi
-
Tokakis or What's My Name
-
Jolly Little Elves
-
MyGO!!!!!×Ave Mujica Joint LIVE「What Lies Beyond the Fork in the Road」DAY2 : Geosmin
-
Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers
Similar Movies
-
Vital Signs
-
Los Angeles Film Noir
-
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
-
De cendres et de braises
-
Long Time Comin'
-
Postcard (Or, from afar, you are a mirage)
-
Food
-
Fists of Pride
-
How to Cook Your Life
-
Portrait of Actress Delphine Seyrig
-
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
-
The Battle of The Alamo
-
The Artist Is Absent : A Short Film On Martin Margiela
-
A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution
-
Finding Hillywood
-
Danse Serpentine (In a Lion's Cage)
-
Home of the Brave
-
Norman Wisdom: His Story
-
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
-
Full Metal Village