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{{short description|2005 film directed by Tizuka Yamasaki}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Gaijin 2: Love Me As I Am
| image          = Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou Poster.jpg
| caption        =
| director       = [[Tizuka Yamasaki]]
| producer       =
| writer         = Tizuka Yamasaki
| starring       = {{plainlist|
*[[Tamlyn Tomita]]
*[[Luís Melo]]
*[[Mariana Ximenes]]
*[[Eijiro Ozaki]]
*Jorge Perugorría}}
| music          =
| cinematography =
| editing        =
| studio         = {{plainlist|
*Ponto Filmes
*Scena Filmes}}
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|2005|09|02}}
| runtime        = 131 minutes
| country        = Brazil
| language       = {{plainlist|
*Portuguese
*Japanese}}
| budget         = R$10 million<ref>[http://www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-202125/curiosidades/ Gaijn - Ama-me Como Sou : Curiosidades - AdoroCinema<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| gross          = R$388,800<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oca.ancine.gov.br/media/SAM/DadosMercado/2102.pdf |title=Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2012 |publisher=Ancine |access-date=May 25, 2014 |language=Portuguese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327102342/http://oca.ancine.gov.br/media/SAM/DadosMercado/2102.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |page=23 }}</ref> (Brazil only)
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'''''Gaijin 2: Love Me As I Am''''' ({{langx|pt|'''Gaijin – Ama-me Como Sou'''}}) is a 2005 [[Brazil]]ian [[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 diaspora|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.<ref>[http://www.cinedica.com.br/Filme-Gaijin--Ama-me-Como-Sou-16242.php Filme Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou | CineDica<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The film was shot in a scenographic city in [[Londrina]], and in locations of [[Curitiba]], [[Maringá]], [[Foz do Iguaçu]], [[Paranaguá]], and [[Cambará]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vidaecidadania/retratosparana/curiosidades/conteudo.phtml?id=1174839&tit=O-estado-que-aparece-nas-telas-do-cinema-pelo-mundo | title=Paraná, o estado que aparece nas telas do cinema pelo mundo | author=Gonçalves, Anderson | date=September 30, 2011 | work=Gazeta do Povo | publisher=Grupo Paranaense de Comunicação | accessdate=April 11, 2014 | language=Portuguese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226204810/http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vidaecidadania/retratosparana/curiosidades/conteudo.phtml?id=1174839&tit=O-estado-que-aparece-nas-telas-do-cinema-pelo-mundo | archive-date=February 26, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Plot ==
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 [[Fernando Collor de Mello|Collor Government]] in 1990 leads to bankruptcy. Without alternatives, Maria and the children will live with Titoe while Gabriel embarks to [[Kobe]], intending to work temporarily and raise money for the family.<ref>[http://www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-202125/ Gaijn - Ama-me Como Sou - Filme 2005 - AdoroCinema<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
== Cast ==
*[[Tamlyn Tomita]] as Maria Yamashita
*[[Jorge Perugorría]] as Gabriel Damazo Bravo Salinas
*[[Nobu McCarthy]] (in her final film role) 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]] as Ramon Salina Bravo Salinas
*[[Zezé Polessa]] as Gina
*[[Louise Cardoso]] as Sofia Damazo Bravo Salinas
*[[Mariana Ximenes]] as Weronica Müller
*Lissa Diniz as Yoko Salinas
*Carlos Takeshi as Vicente
*[[Eijiro Ozaki]] as Kunihiro
*Felipe Kannenberg as George Müller
*Ken Kaneko as Jiro Kobayashi
*Ryogo Suguimoto as Ken
*[[Dado Dolabella]] as Yoko's Friend
==See also==
*[[Dirty Hearts]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0325444}}
{{Tizuka Yamasaki}}
{{Festival de Gramado Best Picture Award}}
[[Category:2005 drama films]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:2000s historical drama films]]
[[Category:Brazilian historical drama films]]
[[Category:Films about immigration]]
[[Category:Films directed by Tizuka Yamasaki]]
[[Category:Films set in 1908]]
[[Category:Films shot in Curitiba]]
[[Category:Films shot in Foz do Iguaçu]]
[[Category:2000s Japanese-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Portuguese-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Brazilian films]]
[[Category:Films about Japanese Brazilians]]