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We Shall Overcome Someday  Japanese Title: Pacchigi! Release Year in Japan: 2005 Director: Kazuyuki Izutsu Casts: Shun Shioya (Kosuke Matsuyama), Sousuke Takaoka (An-sung Lee), Erika Sawajiri (Kyung-ja Lee) Editor's Comment Combining the youth movie factors and a social issue, discrimination against Korean Japanese, "We Shall Overcome Someday" hit the Japanese movie industry and the market with a fresh taste of social-entertainment film. The story background is similar to "West Side Story"; in which Korean high school kids and Japanese high school gangs are hostile to each other, and a Japanese boy fall in love with a sister of a Korean member. On the course of their encounters, the boy finds out the problems in the society and grows up. The film is nominated in 4 categories in Japan Academy Awards 2006. (December, 2006) Movie Data and Links IMDb Info UFJ Info (English Page) UFJ Info (Japanese Page)"Japan Times" Mark Shilling's review "Eiga Seikatu" fan score (Japanese): 78.25% (Dec 05) |
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