[KineJapan] Films concerning immigration

[Jasper Sharp]

Katsuya Tomita's Saudade (2011) would be a very good one from recent years, about the tensions between the locals and the Japanese-Brazilian population in the former industrial town of Kofu. Actually one of the most interesting Japanese films of the past few years, but be warned, it is pretty long. 
We screened at Zipangu Fest in London back in 2012, and the blurb is here:http://zipangufest.com/films/2012/saudade
Also that same year we screened another documentary about Japanese Brazilians, Lonely Swallows: Living as Children of Migrant Workers (2011): http://zipangufest.com/films/2012/lonely-swallows-living-as-children-of-migrant-workers
best
Jasper


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From: nina.langton at ubc.ca
To: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:23:08 +0000
Subject: [KineJapan] Films concerning immigration






Dear Kinejapaners,



Our Modern Languages department is sponsoring a small film festival during Diversity Week, and with all the issues around refugees at the moment, it has been decided to focus on films concerning immigration and the migrant experience.  If anyone has recommendations
 for a Japanese film on this subject, I would love to hear them.  It could be from any time period, but would have to be easy to get hold of as the films will be shown mid-March.



Thanks for any help you can give me,



Nina Langton



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