Dirty Hearts

Plot

Cast

• Tsuyoshi Ihara plays the protagonist Takahashi, a quiet immigrant who becomes a soldier of intolerance.
• Takako Tokiwa plays Miyuki, Takahashi's wife, who struggles with her husband's transformation into a killer.
• Eiji Okuda plays Colonel Watanabe, a former Japanese Imperial Army officer.
• Shun Sugata plays Sasaki, an immigrant who paid dearly for raising his voice against the movement of the Japanese who refuse to accept the defeat of Japan.
• Kimiko Yo plays Naomi, the wife of Sasaki.
• Eduardo Moscovis plays the sheriff and reflects the perplexity with which Brazilians witnessed the fratricidal war among immigrants.
• Celine Miyuki plays Akemi, the daughter of Naomi and Sasaki. It is the vision of the girl on the events, yet devoid of hatred and intolerance, which punctuates the narrative.
• André Frateschi plays Cabo Garcia, the man who served as the flashpoint of the war portrayed in the film. Garcia violates the Japanese flag, and incurs the wrath of immigrants.
• Ken Kaneko: The only immigrant actor in the cast, Ken Kaneko has lived for more than six decades in Brazil, and is the oldest and most well known Japanese actor working in the country. Ken considered his participation in the film, the role of immigrant Matsuda, a prestige for his career.
• Issamu Yazaki: Yazaki is not an immigrant, but lives as if in a uniquely Japanese agricultural colony in São Paulo. He was chosen to play Aoki, one of the few immigrants in the story who recognize the Japanese defeat in World War II. He pays a high price for accepting the truth.