Annyong Kimchi

Annyong Kimchi

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 23, 1999

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

あんにょんキムチ

Director

Tetsuaki Matsue

Description

Japan and Korea have had a troubled relationship over the centuries, and discrimination against Korean residents in Japan has been legendary. But how important is the issue of race to a younger generation born and raised in the country? Tetsuaki Matsue, a third-generation zainichi attempts to get to grips with the issue of his own national identity in this autobiographical video documentary made as the then 21-year-old director's graduation project from the Japan Academy of the Moving Image. (Midnight Eye)