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.
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
482 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Our Homeland sits at position #334.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Our Homeland. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Our Homeland premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |