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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2021 |
IN SEARCH OF KOREAN SILENT FILM |
| Film Title |
HOKUSEN NO HITSUJI WA KATARU |
| Alternative Title 1 |
[Parlano le greggi della Corea settentrionale] |
| Alternative Title 2 |
[The Sheep of North Korea Speak] |
| Alternative Title 3 |
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| Country |
Japan |
| Release Date |
1934 |
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| Director |
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| Format |
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Speed (fps) |
| 35mm |
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16 |
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| Footage |
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Time |
| 1362 ft. |
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22'42'' |
| Archive Source |
Korean Film Archive, Seoul |
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| Print Notes |
did./titles: JPN |
| Program Notes |
| Discovered in Gosfilmofond of Russia and acquired from them by the Korean Film Archive in 2010, this film provides an important glimpse into Japan’s exploitation policy on sheep and raw cotton in the 1930s. In order to amass industrial materials, Japan implemented a colonial policy in Korea in this period which forced cotton cultivation in the south and sheep-raising in the north. The camera observes the transport of 2,969 sheep from Sydney, Australia, to Gyeongwon, North Hamgyong Province, in April-May 1934. The fascinating intertitle narration considers the colonial policy from the sheep’s perspective. The images of Koreans spinning thread from wool for making clothes add to the film’s significance as a documentary. - Sungji Oh, Stefan Droessler |
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