Tôku no sora 2010

Synopsis:

During the 1980 Gwangju uprising in South Korea, a Korean man and a second-generation Korean-Japanese woman meet during the student activist movement. Under the chaos of the time the man and woman fall in love, but the woman disappears. 30 years later, the woman keeps her past a secret and worries that her daughter Mie Matsuki (Rina Uchiyama) may pursue her Korean roots. One day, Mie who already has a fine boyfriend, introduces her mother to a Korean man named Yoo Jung-Bae (Kim Eung-Soo). Yoo Jung-Bae is the man that her mother fell in love with 30 years ago during the Gwangju uprising. During his college days, Yoo Jung-Bae was the leader of the student activist movement. Now he is transferred to an investment company in Tokyo. Mie works at the same investment company. Feeling a bond with Mie, Yoo Jung-Bae walks the streets of Tokyo with Mie every weekend and begins to learn about each other.

Directed by: Haruo Inoue
Written by: Yōka Kusano
Release date: 2010-09-25
Runtime: 84 minutes
Cast:
Rina Uchiyama
Rina Uchiyama
Mie Matsuki 
Kim Eung-soo
Kim Eung-soo
Yoo Jung-Bae 
Fukumi Kuroda
Fukumi Kuroda
Akiko Matsuki 
Sayuri Oyamada
Sayuri Oyamada
Honami 
Kensuke Yamagishi
Kensuke Yamagishi
Tatsuo 
Masayo Utsunomiya
Masayo Utsunomiya
Sam Soo Jang 
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Also known as:
  • 遠くの空