「야키니쿠 드래곤」에 그려진 냉전시대의 재일조선인

Abstract

This paper considers the Zainichi Korean’s living in Cold War represented in the play Yakiniku Dragon written by Chong Wishing, and thinks about the problem of division and separation in Zainichi society widely arisen across the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The Korean Peninsula was divided into south and north through the colonial period and Cold War era, which leaded to more complicated separation for Zainichi Korean. At the last scene of Yakiniku Dragon, Ryukichi’s family’s separation is drawn toward the three countries of South Korea, North Korea, and Japan. The dramatic setting of the play in time, space, and characters reveals the irresponsibility for the colonization in postwar Japan. Especially, Ryukichi and Tetsuo are worthy of notice. Ryukichi lost his left arm in the war, and was uprooted his livelihood under the excuse of illegal occupation after the war. Tetsuo wandered the works of the lowest class and fell to the poor in the illegally occupied territory, and finally went over to North Korea through ‘The Repatriation Project’ in 1971. They are located in the overlapping point of poverty and discrimination of Zainichi Korean. The play Yakiniku Dragon shows the dark side of the rapid economic growth of postwar Japan, and documents the living and resistance of Zainichi Koreans who were separated through the discrimination and irresponsibility in postwar Japan.