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Gaijin: Roads to Freedom
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Wikipedia article
'Gaijin: Roads to Freedom' (Portuguese: 'Gaijin Caminhos da Liberdade'), also known as 'Gaijin, a Brazilian Odyssey', is a 1980 Brazilian drama film, the debut film of director Tizuka Yamasaki.
The film is based on real events in the history of Japanese immigrants who came to Brazil in search of better opportunities. Its sequel, 'Gaijin 2: Love Me As I Am', was released on September 2, 2005.
Plot
Japan, 1908. Motivated by poverty in the country and few job prospects, many Japanese have emigrated in search of opportunities. As the emigration company only accepted family groups who had at least a couple, Yamada (Jiro Kawarazaki) and Kobayashi (Keniti Kaneko) who were brothers, see as solution that Yamada would marry Titoe (Kyoko Tsukamoto), who was only 16 years old. Yamada and Titoe had just met and, along with a cousin, they depart to Brazil. After 52 days of travel they finally arrive in Brazil where they will work in Santa Rosa farm, in So Paulo, where the coffee expansion was intense. But they stumble upon a foreman who handles settlers with hostility, demanding them to work to exhaustion. In addition their wages are stolen by the owners of the farm, only being treated with respect by other settlers and by Tonho (Antnio Fagundes), the accountant of the farm.
Cast
*Kyoko Tsukamoto as Titoe
*Antnio Fagundes as Tonho
*Jiro Kawarazaki as Yamada
*Keniti Kaneko as Kobayashi
*Gianfrancesco Guarnieri as Enrico
*lvaro Freire as Chico Santos
*Louise Cardoso as Angelina
*Jos Dumont as Cear
*Yuriko Oguri as Mrs. Nakano
*Clarisse Abujamra as Felcia
*Carlos Augusto Strazzer as Dr. Heitor
*Dorothy Leirner as Grazziela
*Maiku Kozonoi as Keniti Nakano
References
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