The Neighbourly TOMODACHI
Japan Premiere
Directed by Cecilia Ami Kitajima
Japan / 2011 / 100min / Documentary
Following the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, 95 Burmese (Myanmarese) refugees living in Japan engaged in volunteer activities in the devastated areas. Despite the fact that their life as refugees in Japan is not easy, they willingly volunteered. What drove them to do so? The camera focuses on a young woman who left her mother in her
home country.
- 2011/10/1(Sat) 16:00 Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tokyo
- 2011/10/8(Sat) 12:00 Instituto Cervantes de Tokio
