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.
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Free RodriguezDirector
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Free RodriguezWriter
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Boa CampbellProducer
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Tamru GrantProducer
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Free RodriguezProducer
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Maurice SheltonKey Cast"Uzochi"
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Jude GreavesKey Cast"Evans"
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Michael PlacidoKey Cast"JD"
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Yaritza PeñaKey Cast"Natalie"
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Boa CampbellProduction Designers
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Hemant SinghCinematographers
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Scott LarsonCinematographers
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Johann Albarracin HorttaCinematographers
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Paul DoroshevichSound Department
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Emmanuel LopesSound Department
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Shingo FukuyamaCostume and Wardrobe Department
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Akiya OhtaCostume and Wardrobe Department
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Atsushi TakitaHair Stylist Department
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Saiko HayashiHair Stylist Department
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Tamru GrantHair Stylist Department
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Juan DuranPost Production Department
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Paul DoroshevichPost Production Department
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David Jiménez FigueroaPost Production Department
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Free RodriguezFilm Editor
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Project Type:Short, Other
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Runtime:32 minutes 56 seconds
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Completion Date:May 1, 2022
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:Japan
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Language:English, Japanese, Spanish
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Shooting Format:Canon
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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.
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.