Private Project

Break The Wall

This is a documentary film about a Brazilian community in Oizumi town,Gunma, Japan. Japanese and Brazilians are very different, they way look and personality. We live together and we are very good friends. However Brazilians might have some struggle in Japanese society and also some Japanese people don't know how to approach them. What really connect between Brazilians and Japanese?

  • Rieko Kurita
    Director
  • Akari Takahashi
    Director
  • Hogg Chihiro Jayne
    Director
  • O Cathain Laoise
    Director
  • Hiroyuki Oda
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 21, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • GKA film festival
    Ota, GUNMA
    Japan
    March 21, 2017
    Japan
    Grands Prix
  • Caribbean Film Festival & Market
    Freeport
    Bahamas
    June 12, 2017
    Bahamas
    Semi-Finalist
Director Biography - Rieko Kurita, Akari Takahashi, Hogg Chihiro Jayne , O Cathain Laoise

They were born in 2000 in Japan.
All high school students in Gunma, JAPAN

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Director Statement

We made a documentary film about the Brazilian community in our town in Japan. We learned how to break the wall between people who have different cultural backgrounds rather than building the wall through this film project.