Our School (film)

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Our School is a 2007 South Korean documentary directed by Kim Myeong-joon. It follows the lives of ethnic Korean students at a pro-North Korea high school in Hokkaido, Japan, run by the Chongryon organization. The film runs 131 minutes and is in Korean. It was released on March 29, 2007, and distributed in South Korea by Jinjin Pictures.

Crew and style
- Director: Kim Myeong-joon
- Writers: Kim Myeong-joon, Park So-hyeon
- Narrator: Kim Myeong-joon
- Editors: Kim Myeong-joon, Park So-hyeon

Reception and impact
- The film drew a large audience in Korea, with early reports of over 10,000 viewers and later figures of about 85,000–90,000 admissions, a strong performance for a documentary at the time.
- Kim Myeong-joon received the Kim Yong-gun Memorial Society prize for the film.

Home media
- A DVD release in Japan followed in 2009.