Organization: JICA - Yokohama
Production: Astel International Division in Brazil

Synopsis
During the world economic crisis of 1929, many Japanese crossed the oceans to settle in Brazil. On September 1929, the first Japanese immigrants arrived in the Amazon region and started jute and black pepper cultivation, which brought great economic prosperity to the region.
See the saga of sacrifice and bravery of the Japanese immigrants documented through the interviews of 5 immigrant survivors.