emigration,korean minority,koryo-saram,hope for future

Hanaan (2012)

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Stas is a young third generation Koryo-saram, a member of the Korean minority in Central Asia that was deported from the Russian Far East by Stalin. He and his three friends Kasoy, Shin and Said try to escape from the grim life in Tashkent, the Uzbek capital, and one day, they also try heroin. Then, however, Kasoy gets killed by a gang. 6 years later, Shin has emigrated to South Korea, Said has become a drug addict and Stas is now a police officer. Said commits suicide by overdosing and Stas, who has has since then also become a drug addict, decides to turn over a new leaf. He follows Shin to South Korea, but can this be Hanaan for him, the Promised Land?

Cast & Crew

Director
Ruslan Pak
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    Stas Stanislav Sevcik
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    Shin Ruslan Pak

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Keywords

  • emigration
  • korean minority
  • koryo-saram
  • hope for future