{"id":86,"date":"2013-10-21T10:29:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T01:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2014-03-20T23:10:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T14:10:27","slug":"about-the-film","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/about-the-film","title":{"rendered":"About the film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tweetbutton86\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Funitedpeople.jp%2Fhafu%2Fabout-the-film&amp;text=About%20the%20film&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal&amp;counturl=http%3A%2F%2Funitedpeople.jp%2Fhafu%2Fabout-the-film\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/about-the-film\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/about-the-film\/hafu_b5_flyer_front-726x1024-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-276\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/HAFU_B5_Flyer_Front-726x10242-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"HAFU_B5_Flyer_Front-726x1024\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/HAFU_B5_Flyer_Front-726x10242-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/HAFU_B5_Flyer_Front-726x10242-640x902.jpg 640w, http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/HAFU_B5_Flyer_Front-726x10242.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With an ever increasing movement of people between places in this transnational age, there is a mounting number of mixed-race people in Japan, some visible others not. \u201cHafu\u201d is the unfolding journey of discovery into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experience in modern day Japan. The film follows the lives of five \u201chafus\u201d\u2013the Japanese term for people who are half-Japanese\u2013as they explore what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in a nation that once proudly proclaimed itself as the mono-ethnic nation. For some of these hafus Japan is the only home they know, for some living in Japan is an entirely new experience, and others are caught somewhere between two different worlds.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, one in forty-nine babies born in Japan today are born into families with one non-Japanese parent. This newly emerging minority in Japan is under-documented and under-explored in both literature and media. The feature-length HD documentary \ufb01lm, \u201cHafu \u2013 the mixed-race experience in Japan\u201d seeks to open this increasingly important dialogue. The \ufb01lm explores race, diversity, multiculturalism, nationality, and identity within the mixed-race community of Japan. And through this exploration, it seeks to answer the following questions: What does it mean to be hafu?; What does it mean to be Japanese?; and ultimately, What does all of this mean for Japan?<\/p>\n<p>Narrated by the hafus themselves, along with candid interviews and cin\u00e9ma v\u00e9rit\u00e9 footage, the viewer is guided through a myriad of hafu experiences that are influenced by upbringing, family relationships, education, and even physical appearance. As the film interweaves five unique life stories, audiences discover the depth and diversity of hafu personal identities.<\/p>\n<p>Directed, Produced and Shot by Megumi Nishikura &#038; Lara Perez Takagi<br \/>\nThematic Advisor Marcia Yumi Lise<br \/>\nExecutive Producer Jilann Spitzmiller<br \/>\nEdited by Aika Miyake<br \/>\nMusic by Winton White<br \/>\n\uff082013\/Japan\/87minutes\uff09<\/p>\n<p>*For more information , you can visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/hafufilm.com\/en\/about\/background\/\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tweetbutton86\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Funitedpeople.jp%2Fhafu%2Fabout-the-film&amp;text=About%20the%20film&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal&amp;counturl=http%3A%2F%2Funitedpeople.jp%2Fhafu%2Fabout-the-film\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><p>TweetShareSynopsis With an ever increasing movement of people between places in this transnational age, there  &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/about-the-film\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sidebar-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitedpeople.jp\/hafu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}