Japan Synopsis
かぞくのくに
From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their number, who returns for just a short period. For the first time in 25 years, Sonho is reunited with his family in Tokyo after being allowed to undergo an operation there. Sonho’s younger sister Rie is at the centre of the film, and is not hard to recognise as the director’s alter-ego. In her documentaries DEAR PYONGYANG and SONA, THE OTHER MYSELF, Yang Yonghi told the story of her own life, and how, at age six, she experienced the departure of her three older brothers, who left their family for Pyongyang.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Our Homeland. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From STAR SANDS
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
Our Homeland holds position #334 of 482 Japan films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Our Homeland premiered alongside 164 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.
The 2622nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 6% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 13th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Our Homeland, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- brain tumor · 2
- return home · 2
- north korea · 12
- woman director · 246
- family · 74
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,232 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (29th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,419 of 1,933 (top 73%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Korean, Japanese |
| Production Companies | STAR SANDS, Slow Learner |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | July 1, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2083995 |