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Good Bye

KO Myoung-sung
  • Korea, Japan
  • 2009
  • 86min
  • DV
  • Color
Korean Competition

Synopsis

Due to the North Korea Repatriation Business which started in 1959, many Korean-Japanese and Japanese people moved to North Korea. This film is about one Japanese woman who followed her husband to North Korea, one old Korean-Japanese lady whos enther son to North Korea and a female North Korea defector who was born from a Korean-Japanese woman and a Japanese man. They have survived North Korea’s periodic episodes of chaos, but the pain of resettlement did not subside with time.

Director

  • KO Myoung-sung
    Ko Myong-sung was born in 1977 and has graduated from Japan Film Academy. He directed (2005) for his graduation work. Afterwards, he worked as a film staff in both Korea and Japan, and has produced and directed .

    사요나라 안녕 짜이쩬 Good Bye (2009)
    재일 일본인 The Zainichi Nipponjin (2005)

Credits

  • Director  KO Myoung-sung
  • Producer  KO Myoung-sung, Sachiko Kang
  • Cinematographer  KO Myoung-sung
  • Editor  KO Myoung-sung

Production Company

  • Production Company  KO Myoung-sung, Sachiko Kang

Distributor/World Sales

  • Distributor/World Sales  Koms
  • Address  Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 257-6, 304, Dow Vill.