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“Some of these families left Okinawa to avoid the military draft as well as starvation.”
“Grade: B+ “Okinawa Saudade” premiered at the 2026 Tokyo International Film Festival .”
“The teenage girl Yumi practices Ryukyu Buyo, while a man named Everton practices Eisa, an Okinawan folk dance involving drums.”
“By unspooling their enthusiasm for the history of such Okinawan heritage arts and the history of their families, Matsubayashi also orbits a history of displacement.”
“In the first instance of the shot, a dissolve to a young girl practicing a traditional Japanese dance on her family’s farm in Brazil immediately communicates that feeling of “saudade,” a soft and gently expressed shadow hanging over much of the film.”
“The film looks at the results a century later, now that an estimated 200,000 Brazilians of Okinawan descent are living in Brazil today, and director and cinematographer Yoju Matsubayashi finds a specific and emotionally straightforward route into complicated history.”
“Powered by WordPress.com VIP Tokyo ‘Okinawa Saudade’ Review: A Moving Documentary About the Okinawan-Brazilian Community Explores the History of Displacement Yoju Matsubayashi's latest film follows third-generation Okinawan-Brazilian as they reflect on their distant homeland.”
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“Everton outright says why he engages in Eisa drumming, saying that “we are Brazilians, but we don’t look like Brazilians, so we are always looking for belonging,” and his engagement with these traditional artforms becomes a part of this.”
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