Annyong Kimchi

Annyong Kimchi

52 mins | Documentary | Oct. 23, 1999

Japan and Korea have had a troubled relationship over the centuries, and discrimination against Korean residents in Japan has been legendary. But how important is the issue of race to a younger generation born and raised in the country? Tetsuaki Matsue, a third-generation zainichi attempts to get to grips with the issue of his own national identity in this autobiographical video documentary made as the then 21-year-old director's graduation project from the Japan Academy of the Moving Image. (Midnight Eye)

Annyong Kimchi

52 mins | Documentary | Oct. 23, 1999

Annyong Kimchi
Japan and Korea have had a troubled relationship over the centuries, and discrimination against Korean residents in Japan has been legendary. But how important is the issue of race to a younger generation born and raised in the country? Tetsuaki Matsue, a third-generation zainichi attempts to get to grips with the issue of his own national identity in this autobiographical video documentary made as the then 21-year-old director's graduation project from the Japan Academy of the Moving Image. (Midnight Eye)
Producers
Original title あんにょんキムチ
Directors Tetsuaki Matsue
Writers

Cast

Masako Matsue

as herself

Tetsuaki Matsue

as himself