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    Mothers’ Way, Daughters’ Choice

    Kyoko GASHA 2009 USA Documentary color 85min Japanese, English Beta SP
    Whenever the mother put a hat on her daughter’s head, the daughter always replied, “I take a little trip abroad.” 40 years later, that daughter, Kyoko GASHA, started making a movie with one question in mind. “Why would successful women from one of the world’s largest economic power choose to start their lives over in New York City?” This documentary explores how several Japanese women struggle to reconcile their traditional upbringing and their desire to create unique lives. To understand these struggles, the director shows the deep, powerful influences of Japanese culture on her own life. Kyoko also uncovers stories of other Japanese women in New York City, weaving parallel tales of guilt, denial, sacrifice and joy. This is a story of cultures clashing on a personal level.

    Director

    Kyoko GASHA

    Kyoko GASHA was born in Tokyo in 1963. She first came to America as an exchange student for her junior year of high school in Oregon. She returned again for her junior year in college at UMass-Amherst, then graduated from Sophia University in 1987. She became a broadcast journalist at TV Tokyo in the same year. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship as a journalist and attended Michigan Journalism Fellow Program between 1991 and 1992. In 2001, she was hired by Reuters, and moved to New York with her daughter. Now they settle down in Manhattan, and Kyoko works as a reporter as well as a filmmaker.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Kyoko GASHA

    2009 母親的包袱，女兒的選擇 Mother's Way, Daughter's Choice

    Director: 我謝京子 Kyoko GASHA

    Producer: 渡邊麻子 Asako WATANABE

    Cinematography: 海老根務 Tsutomu EBINE, 上野志穗美 Ueno SHIHOMI, 中戶夫育夫 Nakatogawa IKUO, 大阪千夏 Chika OSAKA, 三好拓郎 Takuro MIYOSHI, 藤原廣美 Hiromi FUJIHARA, 我謝京子 Kyoko GASHA, 清水司郎 Shiro SHIMIZU

    Editor: 櫛田尚代 Hisayo KUSHIDA

    Music: Nozomi TERAO, Marianna ROSETT, Yoko YATES

    Art: 飯塚修 Osamu IIZUKA

    Language: Japanese, English

    Print Source: 我謝京子 Kyoko GASHA

    GASHA, Kyoko 我謝京子

    E-mail: kyokogasha@mac.com

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