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For the Korean Zainichi, one of Japan’s largest minority groups, it has taken some time for them to be recognised and have their place established in Japanese cinema.
Hieu Chau explores the history of Zainichi filmmaking and looks at where it is today.
Closed captions available.
Words, Narration & Editing:
Hieu Chau
Video Essay Produced For:
Japanese Film Festival – Australia
Films Used:
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
Death By Hanging (1968)
River of the Stranger (1975)
For Kayako (1984)
GO (2001)
Blue Spring (2002)
Blood and Bones (2004)
Nobody Knows (2004)
Break Through! (2005)
Unbroken (2014)
Yamato (California) (2016)
Wilderness (2017)
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018)
Yakiniku Dragon (2018)
Music Used:
hisohkah – school rooftop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0MGRxm4VLM
jinsang – breezin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9WUtmLgl90
saib. – Café
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ81PeNRNxw
Additional Video:
BLACKPINK – ‘DDU-DU-DDU-DU’ MV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHNzOHi8sJs
BTS – ‘FAKE LOVE’ MV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C2z4GqqS5E
TWICE – ‘TT’ MV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePpPVE-GGJw
BIGBANG – FANTASTIC BABY (Japan Dome Tour -LAST DANCE-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2SMYujpYc
Red Velvet – Live in Japan (2018.08.26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHJfGf7Pf1o
Going Global – The Story of Zainichi (Arirang Culture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMkLiyG_vEo