LEADER 02211ngm a22002897a 4500005 20161125134751.0 005 hubpceu 007 v| |||||| 008 121017b########xx#|||############m|kor|| 003 hubpceuo 099 FL Record |f1027 100 Dong-Won, Kim, |edirector. 242 Repatriation 245 Songhwan 300 DVD-ROM (149 min.) 337 Moving image 500 Duration: 02:29:00 520 In the spring of 1992, the South Korean film director became acquainted with two elderly North Korean men after their release from prison. Sent to South Korea as spies, they were arrested and spent over thirty years in prison, serving out their sentences without renouncing their communist beliefs. By the end of the 1990s, relations between North and South Korea had improved somewhat, and even the most hardened unconverted cases were released. The director's friendship with the released inmates allowed him to film them for more than a decade. Starting with questions on the dehumanizing conversion process, the filming evolved into a record of the diverse reactions towards the ex-spies now living in South Korean society. In 2000, sixty-three former ‘unconverted’ prisoners were finally repatriated to the North. When the filmmaker tried to follow them to Pyongyang he was refused an entrance visa and his communication with this group virtually stopped. This self-questioning reflection on the possibility of understanding the experiences and standpoints of others leaves the viewer with a disturbing question to ponder: can hope for peace and coexistence overcome ideological differences? 542 |fCopyright by INDIESTORY Inc. 655 4 Documentary films 260 South Korea : |bDong-won, Kim, |c2003. 041 kor |jeng 952 |00 |10 |40 |50 |70 |8FL |990913FL |bFL |d2016-11-25 |l0 |r2016-11-25 |w2016-11-25 |yDVD-ROM 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6FL_RECORD_1027_000000000000000 |70 |8FL |9146215FL |bFL |d2019-02-27 |l0 |oFL Record 1027 |pHU_OSA_00002709.mp4 |r2021-11-04 |w2019-02-27 |yDIGIFILM |zAccess Copy, MP4 format |cAudio Visual 920 01 JXd0zVXk 966 True |bHU_OSA_00002709 |cDigitally Anywhere / With Registration