One country and one city
Brazilian immigrants in Japanese 21st century films
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2023.41167Keywords:
Japanese cinema, cinematographic space, immigration, film editingAbstract
The films The City of Lost Souls (2000), directed by Takashi Miike, and Goldfish Go Home (2012), directed by Shōhei Shiozaki, share the common theme of the life of Brazilians in Japan. They were both directed by Japanese filmmakers and coincide with two different moments within the recent immigration of Brazilians to Japan,
ongoing since 1990. Despite their commonalities, the two films present different aesthetic views that lead to contradictory understandings about the interaction of Japanese and Brazilians in Japan. This paper discusses how establishing shots and
spatial continuity express these views in the films. Establishing shots are the starting point to recognize the location of scenes and actions in films. The aim here is to show how the creation of a coherent diegetic space and of spatial continuity become constitutive of the type of relationship between foreigners and nationals. Our analysis
is based on the spaces represented in both films, on their historical and cultural characteristics and on some of the political implications of these representations.
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