Chong (film)
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- Yang Tesong
- Cho Hyun
- April 21, 2000
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| Directed by | Lee Sang-il |
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| Cinematography | Shin Hayasaka |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Chong is a 2000 Japanese medium-length film (54 min)[1] directed by Lee Sang-il. It premiered in 2000 at the Pia Festival in Tokyo, but was only released on April 21, 2001 for Pia production. A comedy drama, it depicts the life of a high school student attending a Korean school in Japan,[2] especially focusing on the school baseball team.[3]
It was produced in 1999[4] as a graduation piece at the Japan Film School[5][6] and won four awards including the Grand Prix at the Pia Film Festival (PFF) 2000. It is Lee Sang-il's directorial debut, before his first feature film two years later. It is also the debut work of cinematographer Shin Hayasaka.[7][8]
- Yang Dae-song (Korean: 양대송; Japanese: ヤン・デソン) - Masato Hidekazu
- Cho Hyun-Ki (Korean: 조현기; Japanese: チョ・ヒョンギ) - Ryuji Yamamoto
- Yoon Na-mi (Korean: 윤나미; Japanese: ユン・ナミ) - Shiho Takemoto
- Lee Chong-bok (Korean: 이종복; Japanese: 李鍾福) - Naohiro Ariyama
- Dae-song's father - Tsutomu Yuzawa
- Dae-song's mother - Kintohime
- Yang Song-mi (Korean: 양송미; Japanese: ヤン・ソンミ) - Yuka Shimizu
- Suzuki - Hiroshi Nishikawa
- Principal - Reiichi Ogiso
- Baseball club manager - Takaya Fujiwara
- Female teacher - Wu Xing-hime
- Male teacher - Ike Yoshihide
- Convenience store clerk - Kazuhiko Koshikawa
- Ms. Saito - Asami Saito
- Omiya Ana - Ikuyo Kimura
- Pupil in the class - Kazuaki Kubo
- Pupil in the class - Koji Moyama
- Pupil in the class - Naomichi Koike
- Delinquent of the underpass - Ryota Tokunaga
- Delinquent in the underpass - Sadaharu Yashiro
Title
The title character, 青, means blue in Japanese (read "ao"), and reads "chong" (which also means blue) in Korean. The sign was chosen as the title because, in Japan, the word Chong is a derogatory term for Koreans in the country. The film is therefore sometimes referred to as Ao - Chong or Blue - Chong.[9][10]
Awards
- 22nd Pia Film Festival (2000): Grand Prix[11][12]
- Planning Award (TBS Award)
- Entertainment Award (Rentrack Japan Award)
- Music Award (TOKYO FM Award)[13]
Screenings
- 29th International Film Festival Rotterdam[14]
- 4th Busan International Film Festival
- 5th Shinyuri Film Festival
- 10th Niigata Film Festival
- 15th Takasaki Film Festival