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Our School 
Theatrical posterHangul 우리 학교 Hanja 우리 學校 RR Uri hakkyo MR Uri hakkyo Directed by Kim Myeong-joon (김명준, 金明俊) Written by Kim Myeong-joon
Park So-hyeonNarrated by Kim Myeong-joon Editing by Kim Myeong-joon
Park So-hyeonDistributed by Jinjin Pictures Release date(s) March 29, 2007 Running time 131 min. Country South Korea Language Korean Admissions 35,679 Our School (Hangul: 우리학교; RR: Uri hakkyo) is a documentary film about the lives of ethnic Korean students in a Chongryon-run pro-North Korean highschool in Hokkaido, Japan.[1] Released on 29 March 2007 (Sunday), a Hankook Ilbo article on April 3 (Friday) stated it had already exceeded 10,000 viewers.[2] In the end, media reports claim it registered 85,000 or 90,000 viewer admissions in the South Korean domestic market, a far better performance than other recent documentaries such as the 2002 Yeongmae (영매, 20,000 viewers), the 2004 Repatriation (송환, 30,000 viewers) or the 2006 Bisang (비상, 40,000 viewers); it was suggested this might be a new domestic record.[3][4] Director Kim Myeong-joon received the Kim Yong-gun Memorial Society prize in relation to his work on the film.[4]
The film was released on DVD in Japan in 2009.[5]
References
- ^ Hong, Seong-rak (2007-03-15), "애국자들의 천국 '우리 학교' ["Our School" patriots' heaven]", Korea Economic Daily, http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2007031502588<ype=1&nid=102&sid=0119&page=1, retrieved 2010-06-29
- ^ Seo, Pil-ung (2007-04-03), "다큐 영화 '우리 학교'전국 관객 1만명 돌파 [Documentary film 'Our School' exceeds 10,000 viewers]", Hankook Ilbo, http://economy.hankooki.com/lpage/news/200704/e2007040316335970540.htm, retrieved 2010-06-29
- ^ "'우리학교' 9만 돌파..다큐 흥행 신기록 어디까지? ['Our School' breaks 90,000 ... a new record for documentaries?]", Star News/Money Today, 2007-09-14, http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2007091418030589108, retrieved 2010-06-29
- ^ a b Jeong, Dae-ha (2008-05-22), "'우리학교' 김명준 감독, 김용근상 [Kim Yong-gun prize goes to 'Our School' director Kim Myeong-joon]", The Hankyoreh, http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/internalmove/289040.html, retrieved 2010-06-29
- ^ "「ウリハッキョ」札幌市の朝鮮学校を舞台にした感動のドキュメンタリー ['Our School', a moving documentary with the Sapporo Korean School as its stage]", Mainichi Shimbun, 2009-12-11, http://mainichi.jp/enta/cinema/dvdreview/archive/news/2009/20091211org00m200075000c.html, retrieved 2010-06-29
External links
- Our School at HanCinema
- Darcy Paquet's review at Koreanfilm.org
- Cine 21 (Korean)
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