Chong (film)

• Yang Dae-song (; ) - Masato Hidekazu • Cho Hyun-Ki (; ) - Ryuji Yamamoto • Yoon Na-mi (; ) - Shiho Takemoto • Lee Chong-bok (; ) - Naohiro Ariyama • Dae-song's father - Tsutomu Yuzawa • Dae-song's mother - Kintohime • Yang Song-mi (; ) - Yuka Shimizu • Suzuki - Hiroshi Nishikawa • Principal - Reiichi Ogiso • Baseball club manager - Takaya Fujiwara • Female teacher - Wu Xing-hime • Male teacher - Ike Yoshihide • Convenience store clerk - Kazuhiko Koshikawa • Ms. Saito - Asami Saito • Omiya Ana - Ikuyo Kimura • Pupil in the class - Kazuaki Kubo • Pupil in the class - Koji Moyama • Pupil in the class - Naomichi Koike • Delinquent of the underpass - Ryota Tokunaga • Delinquent in the underpass - Sadaharu Yashiro == Title ==

The title character, 青, means blue in Japanese (read "ao"), and reads "chong" (which also means blue) in Korean. The sign was chosen as the title because, in Japan, the word Chong is a derogatory term for Koreans in the country. The film is therefore sometimes referred to as Ao - Chong or Blue - Chong. == Awards ==

• 22nd Pia Film Festival (2000): Grand Prix • Planning Award (TBS Award) • Entertainment Award (Rentrack Japan Award) • Music Award (TOKYO FM Award) == Screenings ==

• 29th International Film Festival Rotterdam • 4th Busan International Film Festival • 5th Shinyuri Film Festival • 10th Niigata Film Festival • 15th Takasaki Film Festival == DVD ==

A DVD version was released by Geneon on April 7, 2006. == Reception ==

The film "skillfully manages to approach the difficult subject of the Korean minority in Japan through a charming and very involving story about a man between two nationalities", according to Nippon Connection. The film alludes to elements in the life of the director. == References ==