Tag: Lara Takagi

  • The Other Hafu of Japan Rafu Shimpo: Los Angeles Japanses Daily News 2011-01-14 Brett Fujioka, Rafu Intern A new documentary examines the lives of racially mixed individuals as they explore their own identities. Is a ship the same if you take it apart piece by piece and replace its frame? No simple answer exists, as…

  • The whole story on being ‘hafu’ CNN International CNN Go 2010-11-29 Daniel Krieger The movie ‘Hafu’ explores the limbo world of people who are half-Japanese and half something else, as they try to find their place in society What does it mean to be half-Japanese in 21st-century Japan? This is what filmmakers Megumi Nishikura and…

  • HAFU: a film about the experiences of mixed-race people living in Japan Hafu Film Sneak Preview in Kyoto Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansai, Kyoto, Japan Saturday, 2010-10-23. 19:30 – 22:00 (Local Time) Filmmakers Lara Perez Takagi and Megumi Nishikura David Yano (29). David was born in a small village in Ghana, to a Ghanaian mother and…