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Sona, the Other Myself

Wide Angle

Family · True Story · Psychology  

  • CountryKorea,Japan
  • Production Year2009
  • Running Time82min
  • Format Digi Beta
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Yang Yong-hi has already told a personal tale of North Korea through her previous film [Dear Pyongyang]. This time, she introduces ‘Sona’, the daughter of her brother who moved to North Korea from Japan in the early 1970s. Through Sona, the film shows the generation that migrated from Japan to North Korea and their offspring who were born and raised in North Korea. Sona’s upbringing is quite normal, but the special aspects within North Korean society make their presence known in a subtle way. By showing the process of the migratory people establishing their identities within North Korean society, North Korea becomes a region that shows a universal view of human society in general and not just a closed society. This approach is a special feature of Yang. She adds normalcy through her depiction of a family to ‘North Korea’; a name that we have come to regard as something quite special.
Director
YANG Yonghi
Yang Yong-hi is a second-generation ethnic Korean, born and raised in Japan. While her Korean mother was born in Japan, Yang’s father was born on Jeju Island and emigrated to Japan when he was 15 years old. Yang studied Korean Literature at the Korea University in Tokyo, and went on to receive a Masters in Media Studies from the New School University in New York City. Yang has worked as a Bilingual Radio Host and was an actor in [Bird](1992), a film that was jointly produced by Japan and North Korea.
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Credit
  • Director YANG Yonghi 양영희
  • Producer CHOI Hyun mook 최현묵
  • Cast "YANG Sona 양선화, YANG Gun hwa 양건화, Hae Gyoung 혜경
  • Screenplay YANG Yong hi 양영희
  • Cinematography YANG Yong hi 양영희
  • Editor JANG Jin 장진
  • Sound KIM Young ho 김영호
  • Music MARCO 마르코
  • Production Company ZIO Entertainment Inc.
    12-4, Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-010 Korea
    zio_choi@hanmail.net