{"id":2894,"date":"2009-04-05T11:54:42","date_gmt":"2009-04-05T02:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2009-04-05T19:38:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-05T10:38:43","slug":"review-of-documentary-sour-strawberries-by-an-attendee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2894","title":{"rendered":"Review of documentary Sour Strawberries by an attendee, next showing Sapporo Apr 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHi Blog. A review from Japan Visitor Blog on documentary\u00a0SOUR STRAWBERRIES<\/a>.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/japanvisitor.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/arudou-debito-and-sour-strawberries.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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“…I attended a meeting in Tokyo at the end of last month, part of a 10-day tour of the Kanto and Kansai regions by Arudou Debito, where he promoted the documentary Sour Strawberries – Japan\u2019s hidden guest workers.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sour Strawberries is a 60-minute film shot in Tokyo in March 2008 by a German-Japanese film crew that focuses on the issue of discrimination in Japan, mainly as it affects foreign workers from other Asian countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Numerous interviews in the film reveal the blatancy of discrimination in Japan, with foreign workers treated very much like slaves, most notably the workers who inspired the film\u2019s title: strawberry pickers from China who worked days of at least 12 hours, 365 days a year, and whose passports were taken from them by their employer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Union activism in defense of victims of discrimination in Japan is also liberally documented, the most startling example being the story told by a Japanese union activist, Torii Ippei of the Zent\u00f4itsu Workers Union, who, in response to his efforts in one case involving foreign workers, was doused in gasoline and set alight by the infuriated employer….” <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Go check out the site. There’s even an awful picture of me. The things I do to show off “Japanese Only” T-shirts…<\/p>\n

If you’d like a showing in your area like the one mentioned above, be in touch with me at debito@debito.org. \u00a0Planning another nationwide tour between late August and early September<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Next showing:<\/p>\n

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THURS APRIL 23, 2009. \u00a07PM<\/p>\n

Sapporo L-Plaza for Hokkaido International Business Association (HIBA)<\/p>\n

Sapporo Chuo-ku Kita 8 Nishi 3<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.danjyo.sl-plaza.jp\/information\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

(just off JR Sapporo Station’s North Exit (kitaguchi), follow the underground exits to the very end). \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A quick positive review from Japan Visitor site on documentary SOUR STRAWBERRIES — Japan’s Hidden Guest Workers. Excerpt here.<\/p>\n

If you’d like a showing in your area like the one mentioned above, be in touch with me at debito@debito.org. Planning another nationwide tour between late August and early September. <\/p>\n

Next showing March 23, L-Plaza, Sapporo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labor-issues","category-speech-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}