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Dear Pyongyang

Japan

2005

107 Min
Color
Japanese, Korean
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DIR Yang Yong-hi

EXEC Inaba Toshiya

PROD Inaba Toshiya

SCR Yang Yong-hi

DP Yang Yong-hi

ED Akane Nakawoo

MUSIC Masahiro Inumaru

SOUND Masahiro Inumaru

Berlinale (Forum): Netpac Award, Mar del Plata, Sundance: Special Jury Prize

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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. —Wikipedia

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