Warm International marriage: Movie " My darling is a foreigner"

(Oita Godo Newspaper,April 10^th 2010, morning paper)

 Warm International marriage: Movie " My darling is a foreigner"

 Oguri saori's popular comic essay, My darling is a foreigner, is made into a movie. The main casts are Inoue mao and Jonathan Shears, movie director Uekazu aki was interviewed in Fukuoka city. Inoue said that this movie is a heartwarming movie, and hopes that this movie could give the citizens in Kyushu and heartwarming experience.

The original for "Darling" is created by comic artist Oguri and an American writer. This movie's plot revolves around Language Otaku, Tony Laszlo, his love life, the birth of his son. Funny and heartwarming stories about everyday life are also part of the movie.

The movie also shows how the Japanese women, Saori, and American man, tony, met unexpectedly and got married. It talks about Tony's culture shock, and how he goes around learning Japanese. Things that might occur during an international marriage in the family is both humorous and touching.

Inoue said: "In order not to disrupt the mood that Oguri teacher and tony, I aimed to make a great movie by expressing the hardship and the friction that is caused by an international marriage. The ways to overcome problems, the hard work and the importance of communication is nothing special."

Johnson said: "I am too in an international marriage, and through this movie, I learnt about balance."

Saori's parents are Kunimura Hayato and Otake Shinobu. Her sister, Kunimura Ryoko, is a capable actress whom has stared in many television commercials.

The movie is shown in TOHO cinema at park place.

Comments

Being in an international university, I have experience in an international relationship. I do agree with the movie that dating or even marrying someone who does not share the same culture as you is a hard task.

Being a man, I find it hard to comprehend the complicated way of thinking of a girl, and dating a girl who is from a different country is a titanic task. On the other hand, you could have a lot of fun learning different language, eating different food and even doing things differently.

My home country, Singapore, is made up of migrants and hence international marriages are prevalent. But Japan to a certain extend is still new to international marriage as the percentage of foreigners is 1.57% of the total population.

From my experience so far, Japanese girls are well behave and I think they make a very nice wife. But my stand to this is to watch the movie, so that you would understand how Japanese women think and behave.

Tay Zhong Jie Edwin

Singapore

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, APM 4