Cinema Junpo Cultural Film Best 10, No. 3
Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs Film Award, Excellent Picture in Cultural Documentary Category
Date & time
January 26th (Sunday), 2014, pm 6:00 – 8:30
Venue
Itabashi Ward Green Hall, Conference Room No. 601
Trasnportation
5 min. walk from the North Exit of Ohyama Station on Tobu Tojo Line
5 min. walk from the Exit A3 of Itabashi Kuyakusho Mae Station on Toei Mita Line
Content
- screening of the film Life in a foreign land – Burmese in Japan
- talk session with Mr. Kyaw Kyaw Soe, the main character
Entrance fee
1,000 yen (500 yen for high school students or younger)
* no need for application in advance, please come directly to the venue
Hosted by
NPO ASIAN PEOPLE’S FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY (APFS)
NPO Takashimadaira ACT
Support by
Itabashi Total-network Volunteer Center
Itabashi Culture and International Exchange Foundation
Tokyo Voluntary Action Center
Inquiries to APFS, 03-3964-8739, apfs-1987@nifty.com
OUTLINE
As globalization spreads around the world, our economy is expanding. On the other hand, while inequalities between the rich and the poor are growing, there are those (refugees) who suffer from conflicts and unstable political systems and have to leave their home land.
In Japan, the number of people applying for refugee status continues to grow every year. In 2012, there were 2,545 applications (36% more than the previous year). Yet, less than 20 people were recognized as refugees, Japan’s response to refugees is to slow. Also, we do not really have many chances to notice refugees in our ordinary life.
That is why we would like to share with more people about how refugees live in Japan and what kind of feelings they have. We are going to screen the film Life in a foreign land – Burmese in Japan (Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs Film Award, Excellent Picture in Cultural Documentary Category) in Itabashi, Tokyo.
The main character, Mr. Kyaw Kyaw Soe has been living in Japan for more than 20 years. He has been through various experiences such as democratic movements in his home land Burma and Japan, arranging for his wife to follow him, opening a restaurant in Japan etc. Participants will probably feel stimulated by Mr. Kyaw Kyaw Soe’s life. Please come if you have the opportunity.
