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Tizuka Yamasaki
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Tizuka Yamasaki
12 May 1949 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Tizuka Yamasaki (born May 12, 1949) is a famous Brazilian film director. She is known for making movies and TV shows. Tizuka is one of the first women in Brazil to have a long and successful career in filmmaking.
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Early Life and Career Beginnings
Tizuka Yamasaki was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil. When she was two years old, her parents, who were Japanese immigrants, moved to Atibaia in São Paulo.
Choosing a Path: From Architecture to Cinema
As a teenager, Tizuka moved to São Paulo city. She first planned to study architecture. However, she changed her mind and decided to study cinema in Brasília instead. She finished her studies in Rio de Janeiro, where she started her professional work.
Learning from the Best: Early Film Work
Tizuka learned filmmaking by working with well-known directors. She was an assistant director for famous people like Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Glauber Rocha. These directors were part of a movement called Cinema Novo.
Tizuka's Unique Film Style
Tizuka Yamasaki changed some of the rules of Cinema Novo. She showed more women in her films. She also brought attention to problems that women faced in Brazil.
Telling Stories Through History and Emotion
Her films often focus on historical events. She uses a style called melodrama to explore Brazil's politics, history, and culture. Melodrama uses strong emotions to tell a story. Tizuka wanted to show the experiences of women in Brazil's past.
Overcoming Challenges: Censorship and Funding
During her career, especially when Brazil had a dictatorship, Tizuka faced problems. Her films were sometimes censored, meaning parts were removed or changed. She also had trouble getting money to make her movies.
To solve these problems, Tizuka started her own company in 1976. It was called Centro de Produção e Comunicação. This helped her get around government rules. It also allowed her to get funding for her films.
Notable Works and Television Career
Tizuka Yamasaki became a very important film director in the 1980s. Her first film, Gaijin, Os Caminhos da Liberdade (1980), was well-received. This movie told the story of Japanese people moving to Brazil. She later made a sequel, Gaijin 2, in 2003.
Transition to Television
Besides films, Tizuka also directs telenovelas (soap operas) and TV series. She started with artistic films and then moved to working in television. Even in her TV shows, she kept her unique artistic style. She tried to show natural and realistic images, which was different from the glamorous look of many Brazilian TV shows.
Television Productions
- Metamorphoses (2004) – a telenovela
- A madona de cedro (1994) – a miniseries
- Amazônia (1992) – a telenovela
- Kananga do Japão (1989) – a telenovela
- O pagador de promessas (1988) – a miniseries
Filmography as Director
- Gaijin - Os Caminhos da Liberdade (1980)
- Parahyba, Mulher-Macho (1983)
- Patriamada (1984)
- Lua de Cristal (1990)
- Fica Comigo (1996)
- O Noviço Rebelde (1997)
- Xuxa Requebra (1999)
- Xuxa Popstar (2000)
- Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou (2005)
- 1817: A Revolução Esquecida (2007)
- Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha (2009)
- Aparecida: O Milagre (2010)
- Encantados (2017)
