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Sin Padre

Inspired by real life. A Brooklyn native runs a local barbershop in Shibuya, Tokyo. He and his clients find themselves at odds with foreign life in Japan and the absence of their own children.

  • Free Rodriguez
    Director
  • Free Rodriguez
    Writer
  • Boa Campbell
    Producer
  • Tamru Grant
    Producer
  • Free Rodriguez
    Producer
  • Maurice Shelton
    Key Cast
    "Uzochi"
  • Jude Greaves
    Key Cast
    "Evans"
  • Michael Placido
    Key Cast
    "JD"
  • Yaritza Peña
    Key Cast
    "Natalie"
  • Boa Campbell
    Production Designers
  • Hemant Singh
    Cinematographers
  • Scott Larson
    Cinematographers
  • Johann Albarracin Hortta
    Cinematographers
  • Paul Doroshevich
    Sound Department
  • Emmanuel Lopes
    Sound Department
  • Shingo Fukuyama
    Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • Akiya Ohta
    Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • Atsushi Takita
    Hair Stylist Department
  • Saiko Hayashi
    Hair Stylist Department
  • Tamru Grant
    Hair Stylist Department
  • Juan Duran
    Post Production Department
  • Paul Doroshevich
    Post Production Department
  • David Jiménez Figueroa
    Post Production Department
  • Free Rodriguez
    Film Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    32 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    English, Japanese, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Canon
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Free Rodriguez

Free Rodriguez was born of immigrant parents from the Dominican Republic and Argentina. He was primarily raised in the Latin Quarters of Jamaica Plain, Boston. At 27 he migrated to Tokyo, Japan to embrace cinematography and develop his skills in video production. As a self taught director of photography, his episode “Copy Cat” in the Netflix series “Cat People” has been sent for Emmy consideration in the category of Outstanding Cinematography. He makes his writer and director debut in the urban fiction “Sin Padre”. Free Rodriguez will continue to write and direct films inspired by real life in the realms of laughter, action, passion, and self discovery.

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Director Statement

We live in a world where conservative, liberal, and religious political ideologies dictate our forms of speech. There are few places where a man can express himself among other men without being dismissed or taken too seriously. A barbershop is one of those rare locations.
In urban communities, a barbershop is a place for both grooming and male camaraderie. This dynamic also manifests in Tokyo, Japan among foreigners who originate from urban communities in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. The topics of discussion with clients and their barber range from street politics, hard earned economics, urban music, physical sports, religion, family, and intimate relationships with women.
A challenging aspect of living in Japan and coming from countries with a history of immigration and slavery is that both their country of birth and migration do not feel like home. Starting a family in Japan could make it a home for them, however, consequences of Japanese divorce laws can mean a man can lose complete access to his children. This can leave some foreigners without a country to call home and Japanese children without a father.