Hydrangea

Director HIROYAMA PARK | Producer LEE Changmin, HUANG Yin-Yu | Korea | 90min | FHD | Color

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Why did I hide between Japan and Korea?

Synopsis

One day, my grandmother in Japan came to Korea and called me by my Japanese name. I had been hiding that name and refusing to learn my mother's language, but I tried to be a good granddaughter to her. At those times, I’ve felt empty inside. Growing up amid the unique historical circumstances between the two countries, I wonder what I have lost. Swept up in what feels like an eternal conflict, I board a ship bound for the Ryukyu Islands, my mother's homeland.

Director's Statement

I am half Korean and half Japanese. I was born in Japan and moved to Korea, my father's country, when I was four. In school, learning about the history of violence committed by Imperialist Japan against Korea left me feeling guilty, so I erased my Japanese identity during my childhood. I still continue to question how individuals come to inherit the historical deeds of their predecessors. It is also very difficult for me to talk about these thoughts with other people.

	Studied filmmaking with a focus on documentary and made short films An Excuse and Lake and I during undergraduate studies. Currently directing the first feature film, Hydrangea.
Director  HIROYAMA PARK
	Studied Catholic theology, documentary filmmaking, and film theory. Produced several documentaries. Focuses on how documentaries recreate memory and the world, engaging in both creation and research. Currently works as a research professor at Korea National University of Arts.		Huang Yin-yu is a Japan-based Taiwanese filmmaker. He founded Moolin Films, Ltd. (Taiwan) and Moolin Production Co., Ltd. (Japan). He is an Emerging Producers and Rotterdam Lab alumni and worked as jury and mentor of ASIADOC and Taipei Film Festival. He’s the executive director of Cinema at Sea- Okinawa Pan-Pacific Intl. Film Festival.
Producer  LEE Changmin		Producer  HUANG Yin-Yu