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Pacchigi!
Japan
2004 Action comedy
1h 58min
Original language: Japanese, Korean
The Higashi High School Karate Club clashes with a gang of delinquents from a high school for resident Koreans, and their leader Ang-son. Kosuke from the Higashi High falls in love with Ang-son's sister Kyong-ja, a talented flautist. Kosuke starts studying Korean and playing the guitar to get close to Kyong-ja and learns the tune she plays called "Imujing River," a song about homesickness for Korea. Kosuke gradually wins her over and becomes friends with her brother and the other resident Koreans. But when one of his new friends dies in an accident Kosuke realizes the real depth of anti-Japanese feeling among Korean Residents in Japan.
Directed by | Kazuyuki Izutsu |
Written by | Takeshi Matsuyama, Daisuke Habara |
Starring
Shun Shioya
Sôsuke Takaoka
Erika Sawajiri
Kyôko Yanagihara
Hiroyuki Onoue
Yôko Maki
Keisuke Koide
Kazuki Namioka
Joe Odagiri
Yôsuke Asari
Chisun
Noriko Eguchi
Hideya Kinoshita
Ken Mitsuishi
Riku Yamazaki
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