Synopsis
This documentary follows the activity of the Okinawa Immigration research team. In the Battle of Okinawa during WWII, many Okinawans lost their families. Some of the survivors moved to Brazil while they were still young. Now that they have established themselves and have a stable life, some are trying to put a spotlight on and document the buried history of Nikkei immigrants.
Stories include memories of the Battle of Okinawa, the forced evacuations to Brazil, and how they survived and recovered from the struggles and discriminations during the war. Very little is known about this incident and there is no detailed record of these events.
This documentary gives another look at Okinawa from the perspectives of people in the world’s two largest Okinawan communities. It connects the past and the future of immigrants based on Santos, Brazil and Okinawa, Japan. Finally, the Okinawa research team will visit to USA to find evidences of these events.
Director
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MATSUBAYASHI YojuMATSUBAYASHI was born in Fukuoka 1979. Flowers and Troops (2009) was first feature film. Fukushima Memories of the Lost Landscape (2011) was invited to Yamagata, Hong Kong, Edinburgh, and other film festivals. The Horses of Fukushima (2013) was invited to DMZ Docs, IDFA and so on.