Documentary · Australia · 2022 · 13m

Enemy Alien

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Director
Gabriel Murphy
Cast
Takumi Kasuga as Joseph Murakami (age 12) Hiroshi Kasuga as Yasukichi Murakami Akane Kasuga as Theresa Murakami Brayden Fu as Joseph Murakami (aged 7) Shan-Ree Tan as Joseph Murakami (age 19) Derek Gum as Joseph Murakami (voice)
Crew
Joanna Cameron — Director of Photography Samuel Inglis — Editor Andrew McMartin — Producer Rosalie Waugh — Production Design
Synopsis

A poetic retelling of the experiences of Joseph Murakami, a fourteen-year-old boy from Darwin, who is summarily rounded up and interned by his government on the basis of his ethnicity, leaving wounds unhealed to this day.

Mood & Themes
concentration campimmigrationinternment campthoughtfuljapanese internmentempatheticsubjectivetragic
Key Collaborators
Gabriel Murphy Director Joanna Cameron Director of Photography Samuel Inglis Editor Andrew McMartin Producer Rosalie Waugh Production Design
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