Yonghi YANG

ヤンヨンヒ(梁英姫)

Yonghi YANG


Yonghi YANG was born in Osaka in 1964 as a second-generation Korean. She studied Korean literature at Korea University in Tokyo and media studies in New York. She has worked as a teacher, actress, radio host and foreign correspondent for TV. Having made documentary films since 1995, she gave her fictional film directing debut in 2012 with OUR HOMELAND (NC ’12). Her films have been screened and awarded at many international film festivals. After the documentaries DEAR PYONGYANG (2005 / NC ’06) and SONA, THE OTHER MYSELF (2009 / NC ’10), SOUP AND IDEOLOGY (2021 / NC ’23) is the final part of a trilogy about her family’s Korean heritage.

Films shown at Nippon Connection

Soup And Ideology, Japan, South Korea 2021 (Director) NC23
Our Homeland, Japan 2012 (Director) NC12
Our Homeland, Japan 2012 (Script) NC12
Sona, The Other Myself, Japan, South Korea 2009 (Director) NC10
Sona, The Other Myself, Japan, South Korea 2009 (Cinematography) NC10
Dear Pyongyang, Japan 2005 (Cinematography) NC06
Dear Pyongyang, Japan 2005 (Director) NC06
Dear Pyongyang, Japan 2005 (Script) NC06

Guest at Nippon Connection

Our Homeland, NC12

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