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Chong
Chong

Chong

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

54 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 July 2000

Country

Japan

Cast

Hidekazu Mashima

Hidekazu Mashima

Yang Dae-song

Ryujin Yamamoto

Ryujin Yamamoto

Cho Hyun-ki

Shiho Takemoto

Shiho Takemoto

Yun Nami

Naohiro Ariyama

Naohiro Ariyama

Lee Chong-bok

Tsutomu Yuzawa

Tsutomu Yuzawa

Dae-song's Father

Kintohime

Kintohime

Dae-song's Mother

Yuka Shimizu

Yuka Shimizu

Song-mi

Hiroshi Nishikawa

Hiroshi Nishikawa

Suzuki

Reiichi Ogiso

Reiichi Ogiso

Principal

Takaya Fujiwara

Takaya Fujiwara

Baseball Club Manager

Wu Xing-hime

Wu Xing-hime

Female Teacher

Kazuhiko Koshikawa

Kazuhiko Koshikawa

Convenience Store Clerk

Asami Saito

Asami Saito

Ms. Saito

Ikuyo Kimura

Ikuyo Kimura

Omiya Ana

Kazuaki Kubo

Kazuaki Kubo

Pupil in the Class

Koji Moyama

Koji Moyama

Pupil in the Class

Naomichi Koike

Naomichi Koike

Pupil in the Class

Ryota Tokunaga

Ryota Tokunaga

Delinquent of the Underpass

Sadaharu Yashiro

Sadaharu Yashiro

Delinquent of the Underpass

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