''Gaijin 2: Love Me As I Am'' ( pt, Gaijin – Ama-me Como Sou) is a 2005 Brazilian drama film directed by Tizuka Yamasaki. It is the sequel of '' Gaijin: Roads to Freedom'' (1980), also directed by Yamasaki. The film is set in 1908 and tells the story of Japanese immigrants who come to work on a coffee plantation in Brazil. There, they will need to adapt to the conditions and exploitations of the farm owners. The film was shot in a scenographic city in Londrina, and in locations of Curitiba,

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, Foz do Iguaçu, Paranaguá, and Cambará.

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In 1908 Titoe (Kyoko Tsukamoto) arrives in Brazil, a Japanese coming to the country in attempt to get money from work and then return to Japan to be able to follow her life in the home country. In 1935, now with her daughter Shinobu ( Nobu McCarthy, who died in 2002 during filming) born and without enough money to return to Japan, Titoe decides to buy her first plot of land in Londrina. The Second World War, and its consequences for Japan end up further delaying Titoe's plans to return to the country, especially after Kazumi and Maria ( Tamlyn Tomita), her grandchildren were born. Maria marries Gabriel (Jorge Perrugoría), son of a Spanish father and Italian mother, with whom he has two children: Yoko (Lissa Diniz) and Pedro. The business of Gabriel is going well, until the seizure made by the Collor Government in 1990 leads to bankruptcy. Without alternatives, Maria and the children will live with Titoe while Gabriel embarks to

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

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Cast

* Tamlyn Tomita as Maria Yamashita * Jorge Perugorría as Gabriel Damazo Bravo Salinas * Nobu McCarthy as Shinobu Yamashita **Eda Nagayama as Shinobu Yamashita (young) *Aya Ono as Titoe Yamashita (née Yamada) **Kyoko Tsukamoto as Titoe Yamada (young) *Kissei Kumamoto as Mr. Yamashita / Kazumi *

Luís Melo Luís Melo (born November 13, 1947, in Curitiba) is a Brazilian actor. Filmography Television *1985 ''Cata-Vento'' - Gororóba *1995 ''Cara e Coroa'' - Rubinho *1997 ''Anjo Mau (1997 TV series), Anjo Mau'' - Müller *1997 ''O Amor Está no A ...

as Ramon Salina Bravo Salinas * Zezé Polessa as Gina *Louise Cardoso as Sofia Damazo Bravo Salinas *

Mariana Ximenes Mariana Ximenes do Prado Nuzzi (born 26 April 1981) is a Brazilian actress. Her first role was in the telenovela ''Fascinação'' in 1998 where she portrayed the role of Emília Gouveia. In the same year she played the role of Ruth Stern in th ...

as Weronica Müller *Lissa Diniz as Yoko Salinas *Carlos Takeshi as Vicente *

Eijiro Ozaki Eijiro Ozaki (尾崎英二郎) is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing Lieutenant Okubo in ''Letters from Iwo Jima'', Kaito Nakamura as a younger man in ''Heroes'' Season 2, Masao Kume in ''Little Boy'', and Adm ...

as Kunihiro *Felipe Kannenberg as George Müller *Keniti Kaneko as Jiro Kobayashi *Ryogo Suguimoto as Ken * Dado Dolabella as Yoko's Friend

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* {{Festival de Gramado Best Picture Award 2005 drama films 2005 films 2000s historical drama films Brazilian historical drama films Films about immigration Films directed by Tizuka Yamasaki Films set in 1908 Films shot in Curitiba Films shot in Foz do Iguaçu 2000s Japanese-language films 2000s Portuguese-language films

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