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Reclaiming Our Names

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Social Criticism · True Story · Human Rights · History  

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year1998
  • Running Time70min
  • Format video
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
There are people who have their real names and also another name by which they are known. This is the reality of Koreans who live in Japan. Many hidden stories exist, however, of people who give up the Japanese name they have been using to reclaim their Korean name. The camera joins a Korean-Japanese group at a school called "the compatriots group," which participates in a special homeroom event. The theme for this gathering is "discrimination." Much to everyone′s surprise, Mastuda announces his real name: Lee June-Chi. But the continuation of many of these stories is that there are those who go back to using their Japanese names after seeing how their real name provokes prejudice and injustice. All shot in Japan, this film brings to light a new facet of the complicated history of the relations between Korea and Japan through the issue of "naming." (Lee Sang-Yong)
Director
Director
Hong Hyung-Sook
Born in Seoul in 1962, Hong Hyung-Sook majored in Audiovisual education at Ewha Woman′s University .Since 1987 she has worked at the Seoul Visual Collective and is currently its representative. She won Best Film Prize at the Seoul Documentary Film and Video Festival with The Doomealee, A New School is Opening (95). Other films include 54 Days of That Summer (93) and On-Line: An Inside View of Korean Independent Film (97).
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Credit
  • Director Hong Hyung-Sook 홍형숙
  • Producer Kang Seok-Pil
  • Screenplay Hong Hyung-Sook
  • Cinematography Hong Hyo-Sook
  • Editor Kong Mi-Yeon
  • Music Ma Do-Won
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