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  2. Dandelion

Dandelion

2003
1h
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2003

Runtime

1h

Storyline

A Chinese family from a poor rural village in Fujian Province continues to bring other family members to Japan via smuggling and bigamous marriages. Undeterred by the uncertainty of their status as illegal immigrants, they continue to send money to their extended family waiting back home. They experience sudden illness, arrests, and deception by Japanese. They manage to scrape by running a beauty parlor and an internet café, but language and visa problems make life difficult. At their ancestral home in China, their family waits for them with mixed feelings. The director, a student from China, offers us a glimpse of the unknown corners of the international city of Tokyo.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h
Feb 5, 2003
Director
Shujian Ren
Production
Japan Academy of Moving Images
Japan Academy of Moving Images
Production Countries
Japan

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