A film by the daughter of a pro-Pyongyang couple living in Japan depicting her struggle with identity opened recently in Seoul.</PARAGRAPH>
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<PARAGRAPH>Yang Yong Hi, 42, made the documentary 'Dear Pyongyang' to show how she came to be a South Korean citizen, despite being born in Japan to a couple who support the regime of Kim Jong Il in North Korea.</PARAGRAPH>
<PARAGRAPH>The 107-minute movie, which includes home-video footage, tells Yang's story and her conflicting emotions of loving her father, a member of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents –
, yet feeling awkward about the country he supports.
The filmmaker said in a recent interview in Tokyo that she loved her parents but chose to take South Korean nationality in 2004 because she felt uncomfortable with the North Korean regime, which has left many people destitute and starving.
Korean residents are the largest minority group in Japan. They have had to fight to be allowed to vote -- they still can't vote in national elections -- and to get equal treatment in the workplace.
She considered becoming a Japanese citizen but decided not to pursue it because she thought it would be too much of a shock to her father.
