在这部你好，永别纪录片片中,日本軍に徴用された父と幼い頃に生き別れ、90年代になってから、中国での父の死や靖国神社に合祀されていることを初めて知った韓国人女性イ・ヒジャ。合祀取り下げを訴える彼女の姿を中心に、日韓の遺族や研究者など、様々な立場に置かれる人々のインタビューを交えて靖国神社問題を浮き彫りにした、日韓共同制作によるドキュメンタリー。釜山国際映画祭でドキュメンタリー部門最優秀賞を受賞するなど、世界中で大きな反響を呼んだ。
This joint Korean-Japanese production (remarkable in and of itself), follows a Korean woman, Lee Ha-jong, as she searches for her father's remains. He - like tens of thousands of other Koreans - was forced into the Japanese military, and subsequently killed during WW2. She is joined by a Japanese man, seeking reconciliation between his country's military past, and the countries that were victimized by that history.
Within that context, the film makers portray both sides of a still highly emotional debate that centers around the enshrinement of soldiers at the Yasukuni Shrine, and Lee's lawsuit to prevent her father from being enshrined there.
This touching and difficult documentary presents a look into a history few Westerners are aware of, rooted in Japan's 20th century imperial wars, which are still called the East Asia Holy War by Japanese nationalists. There is a strong Korean perspective presented, detailing aspects of it's brutal occupation and colonization by Japan, 1910-1945, ...
