Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou (2005)

Original title

Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou

Directed by

Tizuka Yamasaki

Genre

drama film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

14

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Japanese immigrants arrive in Brazil in 1908 to work on a coffee plantation. They struggle to adapt to harsh conditions and exploitation by the farm owners.

historicalpoignantearnestslow-pacedsoberingreflectivemelancholic

What happens

Gaijin 2: Love Me As I Am (Portuguese: Gaijin – Ama-me Como Sou) is a 2005 Brazilian drama film directed by Tizuka Yamasaki. It is the sequel of Gaijin: Roads to Freedom (1980), also directed by Yamasaki. The film is set in 1908 and tells the story of Japanese immigrants who come to work on a coffee plantation in Brazil. There, they will need to adapt to the conditions and exploitations of the farm owners. The film was shot in a scenographic city in Londrina, and in locations of Curitiba, Maringá, Foz do Iguaçu, Paranaguá, and Cambará. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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