Ikoku ni ikiru Nihon no naka no Burma-jin
Life in a Foreign Land: Burmese in Japan
- Release Date
- March, 30th, 2013
- Running Time
- 100 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- Blu-ray,DVD
- Screen Size
- Standard (1:1.37)
- Sound Processing
- Stereo
- Subtitle
- English
[ Directed by ]
[ Cast ]
[ Staff ]
- DOI Toshikuni ── Cinematography
- YOKOI Tomohiro ── Cinematography
- DOI Toshikuni ── Editor
- YOKOI Tomohiro ── Editor
- FUJIGUCHI Ryota ── Sound
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Urayasu documentary office
[ Story ]
Kyaw Kyaw Soe helped instigate the democracy movement in his homeland of Myanmar (Burma) and suffered repression at the hands of the military junta, which forced him to become a political refugee in Japan. This documentary, which follows Kyaw's four teen-year residency in Japan, questions the meaning of patriotism. Its director is journalist Doi Toshikuni, who is also an expert on Middle Eastern issues. It delves into the current situation in Myanmar and the nature of Japan's refugee policy while capturing Kyaw working at a restaurant to support himself, his reunion with his wife whom he reluctantly left back home, and the death of his elderly father.
[ Official Site ]
http://doi-toshikuni.net/j/ikoku
[ Contact (International) ]
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