This year, director Eiji Han Shimizu debuted his first feature film “True North” — an animated story that speaks to the inhumane brutality of North Korea. Set for a theatrical release in Japan in 2021, the film has received strong reviews, winning the Free Spirit Award – Special Mention at the Warsaw International Film Festival and drawing praise at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival.
The film “contains a raw message of hope, and the possibility of finding meaning even in the darkest of times,” according to Donican Lam from Japan’s Kyodo News.
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