- Tizuka Yamasaki
Tizuka Yamasaki (
May 12 ,1949 ) is a Brazilianfilm director .Early life and work
At the age of 2, her parents moved to the city of
Atibaia , in the state of São Paulo. In her teenage years, Yamasaki moved to São Paulo city for an undergraduate course inarchitecture , though she changed her mind before her admission and moved toBrasília to study cinema instead. Yamasaki finished college inRio de Janeiro , where she started her professional career.Yamasaki worked as director assistant with
Nelson Pereira dos Santos andGlauber Rocha . She's also a director oftelenovelas andTV series .Tizuka gained some critical acclaim with her film 1980 "Gaijin, Os Caminhos da Liberdade", a story about Japanese immigration to Brazil. She has, however, been criticized for directing overly commercial movies with the children TV show hostess
Xuxa . In 2003, she completed "Gaijin 2" as a sequel to her debut film.Filmography as director
* "
Gaijin, Os Caminhos da Liberdade " (1980 )
* "Parahyba, Mulher-Macho " (1983 )
* "Patriamada " (1984 )
* "kananga do japao " (1989 )
* "Lua de Cristal " (1990 )
* "Fica Comigo " (1996 )
* "O Noviço Rebelde " (1997 )
* "Xuxa Requebra " (1999 )
* "Xuxa Popstar " (2000 )
* "Gaijin 2 " (2003 )
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