Japan, Brazil: Dirty Hearts, a movie on first-generation Japanese-Brazilians after WW2

Posted 8 September 2010 21:33 GMT

Countries	Japan, Brazil
Topics	Film, History, War & Conflict
Languages	Portuguese, English

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繁體中文	· 日本、巴西：電影《污穢心靈》描述二戰之後巴西首批日裔移民
简体中文	· 日本、巴西：电影《污秽心灵》描述二战之后巴西首批日裔移民
Français	· Japon, Brésil: "Cœurs sales", un film sur les immigrés japonais au Brésil

Japan

Jamaipanese reports [en] that next year will be released in Brazil the new film by Brazilian filmmaker Vicente Amorim titled Coracoes Sujos (Dirty Hearts).
The movie is about an underreported conflict that divided the Japanese immigrants in Brazil [en] following Japan’s World War II defeat.
The trailer of the movie (in Portuguese) is embedded in the post.

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