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In Kyoto, the former imperial capital of Japan, Masayo Fujio and Nobuko Takahashi narrates the painful account of their life. Through their stories, mingled with that of the district, Suujin, the past of an invisible Japanese community that is still discriminated against today gradually surfaces again : The Burakumin, pejorative name for the descendants of the class of pariah of the feudal era.

Type
Diploma MA
Runtime
33 min
Year
2018
Country
Switzerland
Aspect ratio
1.1:33 (4/3)
Sound
Stereo
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
FrenchEnglish
Direction
Sayaka Mizuno
Production
HEAD/ECAL
Co-production
GoldenEgg Production
Screenplay
Sayaka Mizuno
Asssitant Director
Natsu Kashiwamoto
Photography
Raphaël Dubach
Editing
Gabriel Gonzalez
Sound
Nao Nakazawa
Sound editing
Philippe Ciompi
Sound mix
Philippe Ciompi
Colorgrading
Raphaël Dubach

In Kyoto, the former imperial capital of Japan, Masayo Fujio and Nobuko Takahashi narrates the painful account of their life. Through their stories, mingled with that of the district, Suujin, the past of an invisible Japanese community that is still discriminated against today gradually surfaces again : The Burakumin, pejorative name for the descendants of the class of pariah of the feudal era.

Type
Diploma MA
Runtime
33 min
Year
2018
Country
Switzerland
Aspect ratio
1.1:33 (4/3)
Sound
Stereo
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
FrenchEnglish

Direction
Sayaka Mizuno
Production
HEAD/ECAL
Co-production
GoldenEgg Production
Screenplay
Sayaka Mizuno
Asssitant Director
Natsu Kashiwamoto
Photography
Raphaël Dubach
Editing
Gabriel Gonzalez
Sound
Nao Nakazawa
Sound editing
Philippe Ciompi
Sound mix
Philippe Ciompi
Colorgrading
Raphaël Dubach

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