Abstract
This chapter re-examines the history of the mass re-settlement of ethnic Koreans from Japan to North
Korea (1959-1984) by exploring the way in which this mass movement of people has been represented
in visual media. Going back to the 1960s, I examine the relatively positive representation of the migration in contemporary popular film, and contrast this with the darker pictures presented in recent films and TV documentaries. I also explore the way in which varying styles of film production open up or foreclose the possibility of deeper debate on the meaning and consequences of the mass migration.
- Tessa Morris Suzuki
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Narratives of 'Homecoming', Stories of Migration: The Post-colonial Imagination in Postwar Japan 「帰郷ã€�ã�®ç‰©èªž/「移動ã€�ã�®èªžã‚Š : 戦後日本ã�«ã�Šã�‘ã‚‹ãƒ�ストコãƒãƒ‹ã‚¢ãƒ«ã�®æƒ³åƒ�力 |
Editors | Iyotani Toshio and Hirata Yumi |
Place of Publication | Tokyo |
Publisher | Heibonsha |
Pages | 267-290 |
ISBN (Print) | 9784582452365 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |