Chong

2000•54m

DramaComedy

A spirited and brave fiction debut by Lee Sang-il, a Korean-Japanese filmmaker, that explores the taboo subject of the relations between Korean immigrants and Japanese in Japan.

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Japan Academy of Moving Images

Language

Status

Released

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Cast

Hidekazu Mashima

Yang Dae-song

Ryujin Yamamoto

Cho Hyun-ki

Shiho Takemoto

Yun Nami

Naohiro Ariyama

Lee Chong-bok

Tsutomu Yuzawa

Dae-song's Father

Kintohime

Dae-song's Mother

Yuka Shimizu

Song-mi

Hiroshi Nishikawa

Suzuki

Reiichi Ogiso

Principal

Takaya Fujiwara

Baseball Club Manager

Wu Xing-hime

Female Teacher

Kazuhiko Koshikawa

Convenience Store Clerk

Asami Saito

Ms. Saito

Ikuyo Kimura

Omiya Ana

Kazuaki Kubo

Pupil in the Class

Koji Moyama

Pupil in the Class

Naomichi Koike

Pupil in the Class

Ryota Tokunaga

Delinquent of the Underpass

Sadaharu Yashiro

Delinquent of the Underpass

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