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| Directed by | Karin Junger |
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| Country | Netherlands |
Birthplace Unknown is a 1988 Dutch documentary film by director Karin Junger, featuring two South-Korean girls who were adopted by a Dutch family. The director follows the two young women as they visit South Korea, their country of birth.
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