El Comercio, one of Peru’s most prominent newspapers, recently featured Okaeri: The Spy from the Rising Sun, describing the project as a landmark in the country’s cinematic landscape. The article underscores Okaeri as the first historical fiction film in Peru to center on the Nikkei community, bringing visibility to a chapter of national history that has long remained in the shadows. With a carefully constructed cinematic approach and a deeply human narrative, Okaeri explores

"Cinema with Kimochi, the history of the Peruvian Nikkei Community and its adaptation to the big screen" was an event organized by the Peruvian Japanese Association, held at the Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center. The panel discussion included Camila Murayama Tagami (writer and director of "Okaeri"), Caroline Gibu (cultural promoter) and Fernando Nakasone (investigator). The three of them explored the history of the Japanese immigration in Peru, the cultural significance of o

"Okaeri" is selected to participate with 11 other projects in the Feature Film Development Workshop organized by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture. The Ministry of Culture of Peru, through the Directorate of Audiovisual, Phonography and New Media (DAFO), organized a new edition of the “Feature Film Project Workshop” as part of the Conecta Service. This edition was exclusively aimed at Peruvian women filmmakers. The workshop’s objective was to strengthen the creative, narrative