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World Premiere, Wide Angle: Documentary Competition, 2025

Ikaino

이카이노 전기

Director LEE Wonsik

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‘Ikaino’ refers to a neighborhood in Osaka, Japan, home to a large community of Zainichi Koreans. Though erased from official records over fifty years ago, its name still carries memories and stories. Ikaino follows four generations of Zainichi Koreans who built their lives selling vegetables, meat, offal, and clothes at the Tsuruhashi Market. Spanning from the Japanese colonial era through liberation, the Jeju April 3rd Uprising, the Korean War, and the repatriation of Zainichi Koreans to North Korea, to the present day where hate speech and the Korean Wave coexist, the people of Ikaino have lived with a heightened sense of Korean identity, more acutely than Koreans themselves. In particular, the spirited tales of Bu Youngcheol, a butcher who nearly became a yakuza, leave a strong impression. This exceptional chronicle unfolds like an epic, condensing the weight of numerous films and books into one vivid, detailed narrative that surpasses history books.

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Screenings3

Fri, 09/19

16:3018:34

CGV Centum City 2

104Guest Q&ASubtitles unknown

Sun, 09/21

16:3018:34

CGV Centum City 4

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Wed, 09/24

14:0015:39

CGV Centum City 7

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Film details

Director: LEE Wonsik
Original title: 이카이노 전기
Country/Region: Korea
Year: 2025
Length: 99min
Section: Wide Angle: Documentary Competition
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Original language: Korean
Premiere: World Premiere
Format: DCP, Color and black and white
Selection: Competitive section
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd TMDB

Director

LEE Wonsik

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Director: LEE Wonsik
Producer: Jinmi JUNG, Ilkwon KIM
Cast: Chunghyang JO, Youngcheol BU, Sinchul IM, Kazushi IDE, Silseong SONG, Kenjiro AJIRO
Cinematography: LEE Wonsik, Dongjoo CHEON, Jungmin LEE
Editing: Minwoo YOON
Production company: Jung-gam Story
World sales: Cinema DAL

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