Three Ukrainian girls break into the model business, a South African bachelor prepares for his shinto wedding and a priest from Finland runs for election… Just a few protagonists of the new documentary film by German director Veit Helmer. Japan was closed for foreigners until 1853. Now people from all over the world move to Tokyo to explore Japanese culture. Japanese meet foreigners with curiosity and anxiety. The film observes how foreigners struggle to make a living in a totally different society.
Veit Helmer
Director
The Class of ‘9271%
Directed by John Ford70%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Public Speaking70%
Trainwreck: The Real Project X59%
McQueen74%
180° South72%
Tokyo-Ga71%
Night Will Fall76%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Sherman's March67%
Above Majestic73%
21 Up74%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
My Mom Jayne80%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
The Cheshire Murders65%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
