Confronting half of her mother’s life—her mother who had survived the Jeju April 3 Incident—the director tries to scoop out disappearing memories. A tale of family, which carries on from Dear Pyongyang, carving out the cruelty of history, and questioning the precarious existence of the nation-state.

Death by Hanging

1968

Japanese

7.5

♡ 15

86%

Nagisa Ôshima Director

Takashi Ueno as Guard

Nagisa Ôshima as Narrator

Kei Satô as Prison warden

Akiko Koyama as The sister

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

Yakiniku Dragon

2018

Japanese

6.2

♡ 6

Wui-Sin Chong Director

Toshie Negishi as Mineko

Shôhei Uno as Oh Shin Gil

Yôko Maki as Shizuka

Yô Ôizumi as Tetsuo

Set in the 1970's in the Kansai region of Japan.. Yong-Gil is Korean, but he moved to Japan and settled down. He runs a small restaurant named Yakiniku Dragon. He is married and has three daughters: oldest daughter Jung-Hwa, middle daughter Yi-Hwa and youngest daughter Mi-Hwa. Oldest daughter Jung-Hwa is dating Tetsuo, but they break up. Middle daughter Yi-Hwa loves Tetsuo and marries him, but Tetsuo still loves her older sister and they divorce. Youngest daughter Mi-Hwa wants to become a singer, but she is in love with a married man.

Fighter in the Wind

2004

Korean

6.9

♡ 6

japanese occupation of korea

War

zainichi

Yun-ho Yang Director

Masaya Katô as Kato

Shinzô Hotta as Kato's Father

Sachiko Kokubu as Ryoma's Wife

Aya Hirayama as Yoko

An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin.