Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am

Gaijin 2: Love Me As I Am
Directed byTizuka Yamasaki
Written byTizuka Yamasaki
Starring
Production
companies
  • Ponto Filmes
  • Scena Filmes
Release date
  • September 2, 2005 (2005-09-02)
Running time
131 minutes
CountryBrazil
Languages
  • Portuguese
  • Japanese
BudgetR$10 million
Box officeR$388,800 (Brazil only)

Gaijin 2: Love Me As I Am (Portuguese: Gaijin – Ama-me Como Sou) is a 2005 Brazilian drama film directed by Tizuka Yamasaki. It is the sequel of Gaijin: Roads to Freedom (1980), also directed by Yamasaki.

The film is set in 1908 and tells the story of Japanese immigrants who come to work on a coffee plantation in Brazil. There, they will need to adapt to the conditions and exploitations of the farm owners. The film was shot in a scenographic city in Londrina, and in locations of Curitiba, Maringá, Foz do Iguaçu, Paranaguá, and Cambará.