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Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou

IMDb ID: tt0325444 · Year: 2005 · Rating: 6.6 (92 votes)

Genres: Drama · Romance

In 1908, Titoe leaves her country, Japan, to try her luck in Brazil. Her intention is just to get rich and return in five years. But life has other plans for her.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesBrazil: Gaijin: Ama-me Como SouRelease Date2005-09-02Runtime131 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews3Critic Reviews1Countries / RegionsBrazilLanguagesPortugueseKeywordsjapanese brazilian
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Production CompaniesPonto Filmes
Scena Filmes
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325444/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0325444.jpgUpdated At2025-09-28T14:56:18

Stars

Tamlyn Tomita
Jorge Perugorría
Aya Ono
Louise Cardoso
Zezé Polessa
Luís Melo
Mariana Ximenes
Eijiro Ozaki
Kassia Lumi Abe
Ilya Akiyoshi

Directors

Tizuka Yamasaki

Writers

Tizuka Yamasaki

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Tamlyn Tomita | Character: Maria Yamashita Salinas
Actor: Jorge Perugorría | Character: Gabriel Salinas
Actor: Aya Ono | Character: Titoe (old)
Actor: Louise Cardoso | Character: Sofia Salinas
Actor: Zezé Polessa | Character: Gina Salinas
Actor: Luís Melo | Character: Ramon Salinas
Actor: Mariana Ximenes | Character: Weronika Muller
Actor: Eijiro Ozaki | Character: Kunihiro
Actor: Kassia Lumi Abe | Character: Young Shinobu
Actor: Ilya Akiyoshi | Character: Young Pedro
Actor: Aparecido | Character: Xetá
Actor: Apollo | Character: Priest
Actor: Isadora Barion | Character: Gina Salinas (child)
Actor: Paulo Castro | Character: Guará
Actor: Lissa Diniz | Character: Yoko Salinas
Actor: Pedro Diniz | Character: Young Pedro
Actor: Pedro Diniz | Character: Pedro (Child)
Actor: Thaís do Carmo | Character: Blonde girl
Actor: Dado Dolabella | Character: Brother
Actor: Michelle Ekune | Character: Snake girl
Actor: Atsumi Iwakiri | Character: Japonese manager
Actor: Keniti Kaneko | Character: Jiro Kobayashi
Actor: Felipe Kannenberg | Character: Georg Müller
Actor: Gori Koike | Character: Kiyomoto-san leader
Actor: Kissei Kumamoto | Character: Sensei Yamashita
Actor: Maurício Souza Lima | Character: Spanish driver
Actor: Miwa Marayama | Character: Teacher
Actor: Poka Marques | Character: Policeman
Actor: Juliana Matsumoto | Character: Batyan (child)
Actor: Nobu McCarthy | Character: Shinobu Senhora
Actor: Francine Missaka | Character: Singer
Actor: Vitor Mity | Character: Lucas
Actor: Emilia Miyazaki | Character: Sueko
Actor: Ralf Muller | Character: German
Actor: Lucas Muragucchi | Character: Lucas
Actor: Eda Nagayama | Character: Shinobu Jovem
Actor: Tiemi Ono | Character: Marília
Actor: Domingos Pellegrini | Character: Farmer
Actor: Sílvio Pozzato | Character: Italian photographer
Actor: Minoru Sasahara | Character: Nikkey leader
Actor: Ryugo Sugimoto | Character: Ken
Actor: Pamela Takahara | Character: Lumi
Actor: Carlos Takeshi | Character: Vicente
Actor: Renata Tan | Character: Singer
Actor: Fábia Tanabe | Character: Singer
Actor: Naina Tie | Character: Yoko (child)
Actor: Kyoko Tsukamoto | Character: Titoe (young)
Actor: Fabiano Takeo Tsutsui | Character: Kazumi (child)
Actor: Stephanie Vasconcelos | Character: Brazilian girl
Actor: Naiara Watanabe | Character: Lumi
Actor: Fausto Kendi Yamai | Character: Ujihara

[Directors Group]
Name: Tizuka Yamasaki | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Tizuka Yamasaki | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Flavio Chaves | Role: Producer
Name: Carlos Alberto Diniz | Role: Producer
Name: Tizuka Yamasaki | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Egberto Gismonti | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Edgar Moura | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Karen Akerman | Role: Editor
Name: Diana Vasconcellos | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Cibele Santa Cruz | Role: Casting Director

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Yurika Yamasaki | Role: Art Director

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Jorge de Tharso | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Martín Macías Trujillo | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Christopher McNew | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Rita Otosubo | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Bob Paulino | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Emi Sato | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Lincoln Tramontini | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Rob Darwin | Role: Production Manager
Name: Claudia Reis | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Hsu Chien Hsin | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Edson Kumasaka | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Daniel Alves de Lima | Role: Art Department
Name: Fabiano Mello de Lima | Role: Art Department
Name: Guilherme de Martino | Role: Art Department
Name: Claudia De Moraes | Role: Art Department
Name: Rogério Pereira de Oliveira | Role: Art Department
Name: Daniel Ferreira da Silva | Role: Art Department
Name: Isabel Gouvêa | Role: Art Department
Name: Oswaldo Lioi | Role: Art Department
Name: Otoniel Oliveira | Role: Art Department
Name: Renata Otomura | Role: Art Department
Name: Walter Schilke | Role: Art Department
Name: Fábio Yamasaki | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Miriam Biderman | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ana Chiarini | Role: Sound Department
Name: Fernando Henna | Role: Sound Department
Name: José Moreau Louzeiro | Role: Sound Department
Name: Mauricio Pascuet Pregnolatto | Role: Sound Department
Name: Armando Torres Jr. | Role: Sound Department
Name: Daniel Turini | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Mauricio Couto Bevilaqua | Role: Special Effects

[Visual Effects]
Name: Reid Burns | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Eduardo Sallas | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Ilya Akiyoshi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Paulo Brakarz | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jacques Cheuiche | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Valeska R. Da Cunha | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Oscalino de Asis | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Roberto Tomé de Oliveira Filho | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Silvia Gangemi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nilo Júnior | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Paulo F.M. Miranda | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Heloísa Passos | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Rodrigo Pinto | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Rondinelli de Oliveira Pinto | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Fabio Porcelli | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: José Joaquim Souza | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Teko | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nilo Vital | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Taeko Koge | Role: Casting Department
Name: Yumi Takada | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Simone Aquino | Role: Costume Department
Name: Márcio Avelino | Role: Costume Department
Name: Alexandre Brolho | Role: Costume Department
Name: Cláudia Silva | Role: Costume Department

[Location Management]
Name: Henrique Castelo Branco | Role: Location Management
Name: Ricardo Karam | Role: Location Management

[Production Department]
Name: Lilian Cordeiro | Role: Production Department
Name: Viviane Caetano Faria | Role: Production Department
Name: Natasha Murphy | Role: Production Department
Name: Claudia Reis | Role: Production Department
Name: Débora Venturi | Role: Production Department
Name: Ana Cláudia Zanoni | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Patricia Alencastro | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Cristina Benages | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Nilva Kurotso | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lucenilson Pereira Laport | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325444/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Brazil: September 2, 2005

Awards

Winner | 2005 | Gramado Film Festival | Golden Kikito | Brazilian Film Competition - Best Film (Longa Metragem em 35 mm, Brasileiros - Melhor Filme) | Tizuka Yamasaki, Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Winner | 2005 | Gramado Film Festival | Golden Kikito | Brazilian Film Competition - Best Supporting Acrtress (Longa Metragem 35 mm, Brasileiros - Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante) | Aya Ono, Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Winner | 2005 | Gramado Film Festival | Golden Kikito | Brazilian Film Competition - Best Director (Longa Metragem em 35 mm, Brasileiros - Melhor Diretor) | Tizuka Yamasaki, Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Winner | 2005 | Gramado Film Festival | Golden Kikito | Brazilian Film Competition - Best Music (Longa Metragem 35 mm, Brasileiros - Melhor Música) | Egberto Gismonti, Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Nominee | 2006 | Prêmio Contigo Cinema, Brazil | Jury Award | Best Costume Design (Melhor Figurino) | Jorge de Tharso, Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Nominee | 2005 | Prêmio Qualidade, Brazil | Prêmio Qualidade | Best Film (Melhor Filme - Rio de Janeiro) | Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Nominee | 2005 | Prêmio Qualidade, Brazil | Prêmio Qualidade | Best Supporting Actor (Melhor Ator Coadjuvante - Rio de Janeiro) | Luís Melo, Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Nominee | 2005 | Prêmio Qualidade, Brazil | Prêmio Qualidade | Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante - Rio de Janeiro) | Aya Ono, Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Nominee | 2005 | Prêmio Qualidade, Brazil | Prêmio Qualidade | Best Director (Melhor Diretor - Rio de Janeiro) | Tizuka Yamasaki, Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Nominee | 2006 | ACIE Awards, Brazil | ACIE Award | Best Cinematography (Melhor Fotografia) | Edgar Moura, Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Nominee | 2006 | Prêmio Guarani | Premio Guarani | Best Costume Design | Jorge de Tharso, Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou

Box Office

Brazil: USD 184676
Period: May 1 – 4, 2008 | Rank: 98 | Weeks in release: 140 | Theaters: 1 | Gross to date: USD 184676 | Interval gross: USD 73 | Per theater average: USD 73