Constructed as an experimental montage of still photographs, "Diary of Yunbogi" reflects on poverty and historical responsibility through the imagined diary of a six-year-old Korean boy living in a South Korean slum. Drawing on photographs taken during Ōshima’s 1965 research trip to Korea, the film juxtaposes the child’s daily struggle to care for his siblings with the director’s own reflections on Japanese–Korean relations.
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
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Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Cast
Hōsei Komatsu
Narrator
Crew
Nagisa Ōshima
Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Writer
Keiichi Uraoka
Editor
Takashi Kawamata
Director of Photography
Nagisa Ōshima
Producer
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
MopudPRO
8.0★ · 04/03/26
yunbogi yi…you're a 10-year-old korean boy. yunbogi yi…you're a 10-year-old boy.
yunbogi yi…you're a 10-year-old korean boy. yunbogi yi…you're a 10-year-old boy.