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Katsuya Tomita
Japan      167 m.
Synopsis

A tale of friendship between two men of very different character plunges us into the community of Brazilian-Japanese immigrants, their contradictory sentiments, and the way the express themselves through hip-hop, but also into that proletarian world not usually shown in Japanese cinema. A film that competed at the Locarno Festival in 2011.

Director
Katsuya Tomita
Screenplay
Katsuya Tomita, Toranosuke Aizawa
Production
Kuzoku
Photography
Takako Takano
Edition
Takako Takano, Katsuya Tomita
Music
Stillichimiya
Cast
Wesley Bandeira, Chie Kudo, Chika Kumada, Shinji Miyadai, Tomohito Nakajima, Ai Ozaki, Fabiano Salgado, Ayano Sekine, Yasushi Sumida, Tsuyoshi Takano, Tomoko Takeda
Format
35 mm
Running Time
162 m.
Country
Japan
Year
2011
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