A journey into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experiences in modern day Japan. For some hafus, Japan is the only home they know, for some living in Japan is an entirely new experience, and the others are caught somewhere between two different worlds.
Direction
Patient, respectful — lets subjects breathe.
Writing
Structuring five lives into one national portrait.
Production
Rare access to a usually invisible community.
Director
Megumi Nishikura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The term 'hafu' itself is contested — reclaimed by some, rejected by others who prefer 'double' or 'mixed.'
Filmmakers Nishikura and Takagi are both hafu themselves — this started as a personal question and became a national mirror.
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