Dear Pyongyang

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Movie: Dear Pyongyang
Japanese: ディア・ピョンヤン
Korean: 디어 평양
Director: Yang Yong-Hi
Writer: Yang Yong-Hi
Producer:
Cinematographer: Yang Yong-Hi
Release Date: August 26, 2006 (Japan) / November 23, 2006 (South Korea)
Runtime: 107 min.
Genre: Documentary / North Korea
Distributor: Cinequanon
Language: Japanese, Korean
Country: Japan

Plot

Yang Yong-Hi's father was the leader of a pro-North Korean movement in Japan. In the 1970's her father made the fateful decision to send his three sons to live in North Korea, while his only daughter Yang Yong-Hi remained in Japan with her parents. As the economic situation in North Korea deteriorated, her brothers became more reliant on the care packages sent by their parents. The documentary "Dear Pongyang" follows Yang's visits to North Korea to visit her brothers as well as conversations with her father over his past actions.

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Related titles:
1. Sona, the Other Myself | Sona, mo hitori no watashi (2011)

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Film Festivals

2007 (2nd) Korean Film Festival In Paris - December 12th-18th - Feature Films