Trailer - My Darling is a Foreigner (Darling wa Gaikokujin)

This looks like a good film, although it could be somewhat gimmicky. I’m still looking forward to it, I enjoy melodramatic films!

That looks adorable. I must confess I’m always a bit wary of how a gaijin’s acting in Japanese movies, but Sherr seems to balance his personality somewhere between the two cultures.

This might help lift the whole stigma around ‘gaijin’ as a term - it all depends on who says it and how it is said.

Just found out about this movie from Peter at jlist com. He is also married, in this case he is the foreigner. It seems like a great movie, I just hope I can get a copy eventually to the States.

As a Japanese married to a foreigner (German), I cannot wait to watch this movie! And to everyone who criticized it, I feel like it’s the reality of Japan. My parents lived/worked broad and personally I feel it was bound to happen (for me to marry a non-Japanese). Yet, concerns were raised and it was not as easy to reassure them that it was alright. It’s not about racism (although maybe among some it plays a role, a la “Look who’s coming to dinner”) but in many cases, it’s just the possibility of having your child move half way across the world, away from her family, etc. and parents being concerned about her well being… I think :)