44 minutes that will dismantle everything you thought you knew about Japanese identity.
Documentary film about the discrimination against zainichi, directed by Yoshihiko Okamoto.
Direction
Okamoto's refusal to aestheticize suffering—just witness.
Editing
Jarring cuts between official propaganda and lived reality.
Director
Yoshihiko Okamoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Okamoto was only 28 when he made this; the film was banned from several Japanese university campuses for being 'too inflammatory.'
The term 'Zainichi' itself is contested—some prefer 'Korean-Japanese,' others reject ethnic labels entirely. The film deliberately never settles this debate.
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