Our Homeland

Our Homeland

2012 ja 100 minutes

Rating: 6

Plot

From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their number, who returns for just a short period. For the first time in 25 years, Sonho is reunited with his family in Tokyo after being allowed to undergo an operation there. Sonho’s younger sister Rie is at the centre of the film, and is not hard to recognise as the director’s alter-ego. In her documentaries DEAR PYONGYANG and SONA, THE OTHER MYSELF, Yang Yonghi told the story of her own life, and how, at age six, she experienced the departure of her three older brothers, who left their family for Pyongyang.

Trailer

Cast

Sakura Ando

Sakura Ando

Rie

Arata Iura

Arata Iura

Sonho

Tatsushi Ōmori

Tatsushi Ōmori

Hongi

Yang Ik-june

Yang Ik-june

Mr. Yang

Jun Murakami

Jun Murakami

Juno

Kotomi Kyōno

Kotomi Kyōno

Suni

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Mother

Masane Tsukayama

Masane Tsukayama

Father

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Uncle Tejo

Similar Movies

Afronauts

Afronauts

en

January 18, 2014

Five Steps to Accept Farewell

Five Steps to Accept Farewell

ko

December 9, 2016

Thick Skinned

Thick Skinned

fr

May 31, 1989

FYP

FYP

en

June 22, 2016

Middle of Somewhere

Middle of Somewhere

af

July 20, 2024

Julia Is

Julia Is

ca

June 16, 2017

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

en

May 24, 2006

Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

en

September 13, 1986

Or (My Treasure)

Or (My Treasure)

he

September 9, 2004

Away from Her

Away from Her

en

May 4, 2007

11 Minutes, 9 Seconds, 1 Image

11 Minutes, 9 Seconds, 1 Image

fr

September 4, 2002

Me and My Sister

Me and My Sister

fr

November 21, 2004

Nell

Nell

en

December 23, 1994

Does it Hurt?

Does it Hurt?

mk

January 27, 2007

Tomorrow Ever After

Tomorrow Ever After

en

April 28, 2017

The Boy Downstairs

The Boy Downstairs

en

February 16, 2018

Hunting Season

Hunting Season

es

September 14, 2017

Swept from the Sea

Swept from the Sea

en

January 23, 1998

Golden Door

Golden Door

it

September 22, 2006

The Last Mistress

The Last Mistress

fr

May 30, 2007