Tales of the Lane
In 1945, Japan was defeated and Koreans living in Taiwan were repatriated. However, due to limited resources for repatriation, 358 Koreans stayed in Taiwan.This film portraits three Korean women in their 70s. Torn between two countries for their entire lives, they have struggled over whether to stay physically and mentally.
Introduction
Between 1910 and 1945, more than 3,000 Koreans came to work in Taiwan, at the time also a Japanese colony. In 1945, Japan was defeated and Koreans living in Taiwan were repatriated. However, due to limited resources for repatriation, 358 Koreans stayed in Taiwan. Most of them lived on Victory Lane in Keelung. This film portraits three Korean women in their 70s. This film is about people living far from home due to war, struggling with the problems of identity and an inability to go back. They have been forgotten in the gap between Korea and Taiwan, leaving their bodies and minds torn across the two countries.