Being Japanese Part 1 of 2 | Full Documentary

Watch part 2 https://youtu.be/iYMmsiDsHrg

What makes a Japanese person Japanese? Is it the blood that runs through their veins? A parent they were born to? The country they grew up in? Is it how they look? How they act? How they speak? Their citizenship? A documentary exploring what it means to be Japanese.

*Subtitles Notes: There are 5 English and Japanese subtitle tracks. Because we had to use existing language names, here's what you'll actually see in each track:

English - Spoken Japanese to English only
English (United States) - English subtitles for everything
English (Canada) - Spoken Japanese to English + Spoken English to Japanese
Japanese 日本語 - Spoken English to Japanese only
Zulu - Japanese subtitles for everything

00:00 Choose subtitle
00:09 Intro
04:07 Ainu
10:50 Okinawa
21:11 Zainichi-Korean
28:59 Nikkei-Brazilian
34:48 Hāfu
52:12 Kikokushijo
1:00:07 Watch part 2

For inquiries regarding the documentary please contact me, Greg Lam, at https://www.lifewhereimfrom.com/contact/

Original Music by Carlo Carosi. Soundtrack at https://carlocarosi.bandcamp.com/