Drawing Diary
Korea | Film 60min, TV 60min | 4K | Color
Logline
The words and drawings of eleven-year-old children who witnessed the massacre of Koreans during the Great Kanto Earthquake in September 1923 are brought to life in an animated film a hundred years later.
Synopsis
On September 1, 1923, 11-year-old Shoji who lived in Tokyo, was eating lunch when the earthquake struck. 13-year-old Kigawa was not afraid of the rumors of the invading Koreans. Because her father stood guard with a bamboo spear. The adults stabbed and killed any Koreans they found. Yoshiyuki, 12, also shouted "Hooray!" as the adults killed the Koreans. However, 15-year-old Sakakibara looked at the dying Koreans and couldn't understand what bad things they had done.
Director's Statement
In 1923, when rumors of "Koreans poisoning the wells" spread through the chaos of Tokyo, Japan, following a devastating earthquake, the Japanese people massacred Koreans. In the frenzy of the massacre, children learned to hate. The tragedy ended in ten days, but its reverberations have not faded. We ask. What should we believe and what choices should we make in a world where truth and lies are mixed? And what kind of adults should we become?
Director PARK Myungjin
He majored in cinematography at Japan Academy of Moving Images in 2010. He has niece and nephew of Japanese nationality and has always been interested in topics related to Korea-Japan relations, especially in rethinking the relationship from the perspective of 'HATE' in everyday.
Producer Emii OATS
She has been producing since 2000 and has worked on many films by directors such as Seijun Suzuki.
Since 2009, she has been working as a freelance producer for movies, TV shows, and games.