Reclaiming Our Names (1998)

Name: Reclaiming Our Names
Director: Hong Hyung-sook
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998
Cast: Pang Eun-jin

1h 10m IMDb

Documentary

Matsuda Shunji, a freshman of Amagasaki High School in Osaka faces a difficult decision regarding the revelation of his Korean name, Lee Jun-Chi. The teenager is aware of the difficulties of living in Japan with a Korean name, and so dreads the day when he is supposed to make this decision. He ultimately meets a loneliness whereby we are left to witness the outcome of his dilemma.