Narratives on Gender and Reunification of Koreas in Bird a Japanese-North Korean Co-production: Based on the Narrative Analysis

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  • 日朝合作映画『バード』（1992）に見る統一言説とジェンダー：ナラティブ分析を中心に
  • ニッチョウ ガッサク エイガ 『 バード 』(1992)ニ ミル トウイツ ゲンセツ ト ジェンダー : ナラティブ ブンセキ オ チュウシン ニ

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Bird （1992） is a Japanese-North Korean co-produced film funded by CINEMABEAM in Japan and produced by Art Film Production Studio in North Korea. The story is based on the true story of a real North Korean ornithologist, Won Hong-gu, and his son, Won Byeong-oh, who were separated by the Korean War. It depicts the irrationality of division and the desire for reunification of the two Koreas. Migratory birds freely crossing the sky are compared with the father Hong-gu and the son Byeong-oh who cannot meet or study birds together due to the Military Demarcation Line.This article first introduces the outline of the true story on which the film was based. It explores characteristics of the novel and the film narratives created from the story. Next, it examines how the narratives of knowledge succession and reunification are genderized in the film. The narrative on succession of ornithological research from father to son contains ideas of patriarchal order and ideas. In addition, the gender roles of father and son who devote themselves to ornithological research and of women （mother and daughter） who support the men constitute a narrative on reunification. Here, comparing it to the narrative of the novel, I emphasize the gender characteristics of the film. By analyzing the narratives of Bird, I demonstrate an aspect of the gender roles of North Korean society in the early 1990s.

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