映画『血と骨』に関する一考察

Abstract

This treatise is to examine the film “Blood and Bones” which was directed by Yang-il Choi. First, my reserch briefly describes Korean residents in Japan, both Republic of Korea and North Korea, reflected on Japanese movies and extends to life of Jun-Pyeong Kim whose character is different from those of the protagonists of the existing movies by other Korean-Japanese directors. Jun-Pyeong Kim is featured as a person suffering from many hardships in the Japanese society during the postwar period, having experienced not only Japanese occupation but also liberation of Korea after he left Jeju-island in Korea and moved towards Osaka in Japan in 1923. Furthermore, I analyzed <history of Korean Japanese> around the liberation period of Korea based on the contents depicted in “Blood and Bones”. Contemplating modern history of postwar period of Korea described in backdrop of this movie, I could broaden my horizon on the status of Korea residents in Japan in a new direction. In other words, this movie makes me have a peculiar angle on the aspect of them in that the character in the movie refreshes the image of Korean residents in Japan under the difficult situation of history instead of being formulated as <Victim>, <Inferior>, and <Foreigner> from the historical viewpoint of Japan.