Until the Day of Liberation: Retracing Korean Japanese History

Until the Day of Liberation: Retracing Korean Japanese History

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 7, 2005

Runtime

3h 15m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

解放の日まで 在日朝鮮人の足跡

Production Companies

Rodo Eigasha

Director

Shin Kisoo

Description

Shin Ki-soo spent his life collecting visual materials, and drew upon them to make this film about the history of zainichi Koreans in pre-war Japan. From the massacre of Koreans at the construction site of the Nakatsugawa hydroelectric power plant in Niigata Prefecture and the joint struggle of Korean and Japanese factory girls at the Kishiwada cotton mills to the dispute at the Sanshin Railroad construction site in Aichi Prefecture and the strike at the Aso coal mines in the Chikuho region of Kyushu, this film uncovers and assembles valuable testimony from many people who played key roles in the movement to free Korea from Japanese colonialism.