Pacchigi! Love & Peace
feature film, 2007.
DIRECTED BY: Kazuyuki Izutsu
CAST:
Shunya Isaka (An Song),
Hidetoshi Nishijima (Nomura),
Yuri Nakamura (Gyong-jae),
Takashi Fujii (Sato),
Kei Horie
SCRIPT:
Daisuke Habara,
Kazuyuki Izutsu
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Hideo Yamamoto
Synopsis:
This film is a sequel to the one from 2005 (screened in Tuškanac in 2009 and titled Pacchigi! Break Through!) about problems faced by the Japanese of Korean origin (zainichi) during the mid 1970’s. An Song is trying to earn money to help her sick son who suffers from muscular dystrophy. Song's younger sister Gyong-jae tries to make a breakthrough as an actress after she is discovered by a talent scout. Her only aim is to earn money to help her nephew.
color, 35 mm, 127 min