Songhwan (2003)

Name: Songhwan
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-09-19T08:15:39+02:00
Rating: 3.71

Documentary | 149 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 149 minuten

Alternative titles: Repatriation / 송환 / 送還

Country: North Korea / South Korea

Directed by: Kim Dong-weon and Dong-won Kim

IMDb score: 7,7 (174)

Releasedate: 19 March 2004

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Songhwan plot

In 1992, two released political prisoners from North Korea settled in the residence of South Korean documentary filmmaker Kim Dong-won. He began to take an interest in the fate of all the forgotten men, who were sent to South Korea as spies and then arrested. They were serving prison terms of thirty years or more for not wanting to 'repent'. All held to their faith in communism and the union of North and South Korea. For twelve years he followed the repatriation of six men. How did they endure the years of torture and how are they doing after the release?