Fighter in the Wind (2004)

The film is a heist comedy set in 1940s Korea, and stars Park Yong-woo and Lee Bo-young as a con artist and jazz singer who each plot to steal a valuable diamond from the Japanese authorities.

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.

Under Japanese imperialism, Korean national treasure Golden Buddha is stolen. More important to national security, the statue contains vital information concerning Korean freedom fighters and their whereabouts as well as their true identities. The interim Korean government appoints legendary Korean spy Agent Dachimawa Lee to recover the fabled statue and reveal the dark plot behind the theft.

カネシロヒデノリは在日韓国人の高校生。小さい頃からいじめられっ子だったヒデノリは、さしたる目的も持てず無為な毎日を過ごしていた。ある日、彼の姉ナナコが手首を切って自殺した。ヒデノリは姉に一度でいいから祖国を見せてやりたいと無謀な計画を思い立つ。ひょんなことから知り合った強迫性障害で盗癖のあるエキセントリックな少女、由美と、渋谷でブラブラしている24歳のチーマー、タローがその計画に加わる。彼らは亡くなったナナコの遺体を病院の霊安室から盗み出すと、白いオンボロマークIIに乗り込みひたすら西を目指して走り始めるのだった。

在日韓国人三世の杉原は、日本の普通高校に通う3年生。あだ名はクルパー。ハワイ旅行をきっかけに朝鮮から韓国に国籍を変えた父親・秀吉に叩き込まれたボクシングで、喧嘩や悪さに明け暮れる日々を送っている。友だちは、ヤクザの息子・加藤や民族中学校で杉原と共に教師から目の敵にされていた同級生の元秀や先輩のタワケ。だが、杉原にもリスペクトする男がいた。民族中学校開校以来の秀才と言われた正一だ。ある日、杉原は加藤のバースデイ・パーティで桜井という少女と恋に落ちる。ちょっと風変わりな彼女とぎこちないデートを重ね、気持ちを近づけていく杉原。しかし、自分が在日であることは告白しかねていた。そんな中、正一が駅のホームで少年に刺されて死んだ。誤解が原因で起こった悲劇だ。親友を失ったショックに愕然となった杉原は、その夜、桜井と一夜を共にし、自分が在日であることを彼女に告白する。ところがそれを聞いた途端、桜井の態度が急変した。打ちひしがれた杉原は、やり場のない思いを父親にぶつけるが、反対にのされてしまう。だがその時、彼は国籍や民族にとらわれない世の中を作ってやろうと心に誓うのであった。それから半年後のクリスマス・イヴ。大学受験に向けて勉強中の杉原。夜、桜井からの電話で呼び出された彼は、偏見を払拭した彼女とよりを戻す

During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.

Dr. Jung Nam finds a photo album dating back to his days as an intern at the Ansaeng Hospital. This triggers memories of his life. In 1942, as a young medical intern, Jung-Nam's arranged marriage ended when his fiancée, whom he had never met, committed suicide. Later he was assigned to monitor the morgue late at night. There he fell in love with a corpse, which is later revealed as the body of his deceased fiancée. Soon other mysterious events take place in the hospital, involving a young girl haunted by ghosts and a serial killer targeting Japanese soldiers.

物語は死刑囚・韓国人少年Rの絞死刑が失敗したところから始まる。Rは死刑執行失敗のショックで心神喪失状態に陥ってしまう。その状態では刑の再執行は許されないため、Rの判断能力を取り戻させようと、死刑執行人たちが四苦八苦する姿がブラック・ユーモア風に描かれていく。執行人たちはRの家庭環境や彼の犯罪を芝居で再現して見せる。その混沌とする事実と虚構が、事件の真相や日本国家に内在する矛盾、問題点をあらわにしていく。

Set in 1920s Shanghai, the film recounts the activities of a group of young Koreans trying to destabilize Japanese control of their penninsula. Through an anti-occupation terrorist campaign, the five men hope to inspire a resurrection throughout their penninsular homeland.

Hurrah! For Freedom (aka Viva Freedom) is a 1946 Korean film directed by Choi In-kyu. It was the first film made in the country after achieving independence from Japan. During the country's occupation Choi was only allowed to make Japan-friendly films, but the plot of Hurrah! For Freedom is distinctly different, telling the story of a Korean resistance fighter in 1945.

日本統治下の朝鮮に生まれ、数々の苦難を乗り越えて女性初の日本海横断飛行に挑んだパイロット、朴敬元の物語。夕日を浴びながら飛ぶ複葉機の描写が素晴らしく美しい。

Hochang accidentally sees missionaries and Jeongrim play baseball at the YMCA hall. He falls in love with Jeongrim, and takes interest in baseball. As a result, he gathers people to form the first YMCA baseball team of Joseon.

A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.

1968年、京都。高校2年生の康介（塩谷瞬）は、担任からの指示で親友の紀男（小出恵介）と敵対する朝鮮高校に親善サッカーの試合を申し込みに行く。そこで康介は音楽室でフルートを吹くキョンジャ（沢尻エリカ）に一目惚れするが……。

Dear Pyongyang is a documentary film by Zainichi Korean director Yang Yong-hi (Korean: 양영희, Hanja: 梁英姬) about her own family. It was shot in Osaka Japan (Yang's hometown) and Pyongyang, North Korea, In the 1970s, Yang's father, an ardent communist and leader of the pro-North movement in Japan, sent his three sons from Japan to North Korea under a repatriation campaign sponsored by ethnic activist organisation and de facto North Korean embassy Chongryon; as the only daughter, Yang herself remained in Japan. However, as the economic situation in the North deteriorated, the brothers became increasingly dependent for survival on the care packages sent by their parents. The film shows Yang's visits to her brothers in Pyongyang, as well as conversations with her father about his ideological faith and his regrets over breaking up his family.

The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.

Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.

Osaka Korean High School has provided education for the past six decades to the children of pro-North Korean residents in Japan. This school is located only about 20 minutes away from Hanazono Stadium, the mecca of Japan’s high school rugby, but it was not until 1994, 18 years after the foundation of a rugby team at the high school, that the Japanese education ministry approved the team’s entry into the official league. Since then, the team has run in the national league as a representative of the Osaka area and been considered a front-runner ever since. The team has strong players and passionate supporters, but it faces difficulties just before winning the league.

The General's Son is set during the Japanese occupation of Korea, when the oppression of the imperial rulers is escalating in the streets of Seoul. Starring Park Sang Min (Tube) and Shin Hyun Jun (Face), The General's Son is a winning mixture of fast-paced action and colonial Korean realism, which helped the film become one of the biggest domestic hits of the 1990s.

The General's Son is set during the Japanese occupation of Korea, when the oppression of the imperial rulers is escalating in the streets of Seoul. Starring Park Sang Min (Tube) and Shin Hyun Jun (Face), The General's Son is a winning mixture of fast-paced action and colonial Korean realism, which helped the film become one of the biggest domestic hits of the 1990s.