Abstract

The year after the Tokyo Olympics concluded without incident in 2020, Japan and Russia held a peace festival to decide the ownership of the border by thumb wrestling. Now, eight years later, another peace festival will be held between South Korea and Japan. The athlete selected to represent South Korea is Park Kwang-woong, a Korean resident of Japan who moved to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as a child and later defected from North Korea. The athlete selected to represent Japan is Yoshida Yunis, a single mother born in Japan whose parents are refugees from Central Africa. What did these two refugee and immigrant families, at the mercy of their nations, see beyond the rough seas?

Author’s Information

Born in Toyoura County, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Studied acting under Sho Ryuzanji. Directed the feature film "Mr.Suzuki -A Man In God's Country-" (released in 2022/33rd Tokyo International Film Festival) and the short film "A Boy Sato" (released in 2017/9th Okinawa International Film Festival). This is the author's first novel and the final chapter of the "Name Series." Other works include "Meteorite and Impotence" (released in 2013/66th Cannes International Film Festival Short Film Competition).