Nipo Brasil

Switzerland, January 2005
FILM, Documentary, 93 min.

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directed by
Viola Scheuerer, Roberto Manhães Reis
Written by
Viola Scheuerer, Roberto Manhães Reis
Status
In distribution

Somewhat surprisingly, the largest Japanese community living outside Japan today is in Brazil, where five generations of exile Japanese reside. Since 1908 increasing numbers of Japanese sought a way out of Japan’s economic crisis and many migrated to Brazil. Their journey took them half around the globe to a country and culture which couldn’t be more different to theirs, but today, many of their Brazilian grandchildren look for work in Japan. Nipo Brazil travels to Japan and Brazil and encounters people with a mixture of Japanese manners and Brazilian mentality, and questions what meaning cultural identity has in a globalised world.

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World Premiere
January 2005
Original Version
Japanese, Portuguese (german subtitles),  colour, Digi Beta, 93 min.
Production
Virofilm
Producer
directed by
Viola Scheuerer, Roberto Manhães Reis
Written by
Viola Scheuerer, Roberto Manhães Reis
Cinemato­graphy
Yoliswa Gärtig
Editing
Wendy Maisel, Roberto Manhães Reis, Viola Scheuerer
Music
José Hajime Afuso, Hideji Kakazu
Location Sound Mix
Dietrich Körner

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