People Crossing the River

KIM Duk-chul
  • Korea, Japan
  • 2000-2009
  • 135min
  • DV
  • Color
DMZ Choice

Synopsis

Kim Kyung-suk, a South Korean, is crossing the Tama River in the Japanese city of Kawasaki which he crossed 60 years ago as a forced labore runder the Japanese occupation. He issuing the Japanese Governmentin order to remove Korean soldiers who are enshrined at the Yasukuni Shrine. As a Japanese highschool girl in Kawasaki, TAKAGI Kumiko had been involved in cultural exchanges with students from Korea. Now as an adult, she crosses the Han River in Seoul and goes north to visit the Imjin River which still divides North and South Korea. This film follows 8 years in the lives off our individuals who are trying to open a new road between Korea and Japan.

Director

  • KIM Duk-chul
    감독과 촬영을 한 다큐멘터리 영화 <건너야 할 강>(1994)으로 각종 영화상 수상. 감독, 제작, 촬영, 편집을 한 다큐멘터리 작품 <강을 건너는 사람들>로 제11회 부산국제영화제 운파상을 수상함. 한국예술종합학교 영상원, 서강대학교 영상대학원에서 강의함.

    강을 건너는 사람들 People Crossing The River (2009)

Credits

  • DIrector  KIM Duk-chul
  • Producer  KIM Duk-chul
  • Cinematographer  KIM Duk-chul
  • Editor  KIM Duk-chul
  • Music  KIM Young-dong
  • Sound  KIM Tae-yeon

Production Company

  • Production Company  KJ Film

Distributor/World Sales

  • Distributor/World Sales  KJ Film
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