''My Japanese Niece'' (, ) is a 2015

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- Meitei bilingual film, directed by Mohen Naorem. It stars

Junichi Kajioka is a Japanese actor and producer. Career Junichi Kajioka started his acting career in 1988 in Tokyo, Japan. He mainly acted in TV dramas, but also performed in the theatre and in musicals. In 1995, he decided to go to Beijing, China, and studi ...

and Yu Asada in lead roles. My Japanese Niece

The film has three major roles; the Japanese soldier (played by

), the Japanese niece named ''Asada'' (played by actress ''Yu Asada'') and the adopted daughter. The film featured 100 soldiers from the

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, who took the roles of World War II Japanese soldiers.

Plot

Asada, a young Japanese lady, comes to

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

to pay homage to her dead uncle, who died in the

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in 1944. In Manipur, she had a dream. In her dream, her uncle asked her to go to a village. But Asada discovered that a man who looked like her uncle had died a few months back. Asada decided to find out the truth. She discovered about the trials and problems faced by the Japanese soldiers in India. She also discovered many unpublished letters and diaries. Her findings helped her a lot to search for the truth.

Cast

* Yu Asada * Shunsaku Kudo * Tomoko Hayakawa *

Bala Hijam Surja Bala Hijam (9 Jun 1991, Imphal) better known as Bala Hijam ( Meitei pronunciation: /ba-lā hī-jam/) is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Manipuri films. She is known for her roles in ''Boong'', '' Neelakasham Pachakadal ...

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* Abenao Elangbam *

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Bijou Thaangjam Bijou Thaangjam (born Thangjam Biju Singh) is an Indian actor, lyricist, art director, chef and entrepreneur. He is of Meitei descent originally from Imphal, Manipur. He was one of the contestants on the reality cooking competition MasterChef ...

* Randy Brown * Wungthingchon Raihing Shimray

Production

"My Japanese Niece" looked into a Japanese army's life after the battle. Director Mohen Naorem was inspired by an earthquake that hit Japan in the year 2011. During the earthquake, the Japanese army played an important role in helping the victims. He believed that the film will expose the

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of the soldiers in the

of 1944. The shooting of the film was done in

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) and some places of the Indo-Myanmar border.

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