Born with It

This is a story about a 'hafu' black boy. His name is Keisuke. This story starts with the scene that he moves to a small town. On the first day, his classmates assume that Keisuke has AIDS.

They think that all black people have it. They always exclude Keisuke. However, one kind boy invites him to play catch and Keisuke gets injured then. After that, they search about AIDS.

After, Keisuke is filled with fear that really has AIDS, so he runs away from school. When he talks about his fear, his mother comforts him and proves that he does not have AIDS. Actually, she takes him to hospital. Keisuke is completely healthy. Then, she tells him his father's words, "It's not up to others to decide what kind of human being you are." In the last scene, he starts to enter the school... I was moved by the boy who plays catch with Keisuke. He is so kind, isn't he? Because, many children want to exclude a stranger who is different from themselves. Even if you don't want to do it, you might be influenced by your classmates. It's so horrible and stupid. I wonder how many students can understand the fact of AIDS. They only see the pictures that the black patients with AIDS on the internet. Maybe, the kind boy also has the stupid knowledge, but he can look at Keisuke's heart not his appearance. For the kind boy, the difference of appearance doesn't matter. In the future, I want my children to be like him.

Then, Keisuke's mother tells him so impressed words when he is crying. I sympathize with her opinion. However, I also think she doesn't know anything. Keisuke and many children want to sympathize with them by their mother and father. Of course, it's not a solution. Actually, I had a mental problem when I was 11 years old. So, I couldn't enter my class and I always run away to the library. One day, my mother knew that, so my father was angry. He told me if you lose now, you will continue to lose in your life. After that, I had to enter my class and it was such a nightmare. However, I could enjoy my school life again. (I don't know why I could do it...) From that, I was frustrated with Keisuke's mother, but Keisuke will understand his mother's words.

I like this film. Probably, I don't have the films that I don't like and I can't be interested in.

But this film makes me remember my sad experience and my growth. I recommend it!

A young Japanese black skinned boy named Keisuke moves to the countryside with his mother and enters a new school as a transfer student. Due to his skin color and "non-typical Japanese" features, he starts getting bullied by his young classmates. Having difficulties coping with his classmates' remarks, he will however find comfort in his mother's words but also in a new and unexpected friendship.

I can say without a doubt that I really enjoyed this short Japanese film. Discrimination against "half" children in Japan has been a real social problem for years, and even with Japan opening its borders and mindset more and more as years pass, hurtful remarks and stereotyping remains a problem, particularly in the Japanese countryside, where diversity is scarce. Not a lot of films shine the light on this problem, but "Born with It" does and does it in a very realistic and touching manner. Indeed, Keisuke's daily life in the school seems relatable for any other half children that have been through the same kind of bullying. But the main aspect that touched me was the fact that the story doesn't take the simple way out for its ending and remains very realistic. Finally, the cinematography of the film was in my opinion really aesthetic, with colors more in the darker tones, fitting the seriousness of the issue touched upon. In the same way I also found the light music heard throughout the film to be really fitting.

This movie is about a primary school African-Japanese boy who moves to countryside because of his parent's work. He is suspected to have a disease by everyone since he is black, so he tries to prove that he is normal. The movie makes us want to keep up with the boy's decision and his school life. This film narrates Japanese society in primary school that foreigners get discriminated because of their different appearance. Moreover, this movie is really relatable to a foreigner living in Japan like me. However, the film is not as stressful as its plot. It has a little bit of humors of how innocent the kids are. One thing I do not like about this short film is that, since there are some funny scenes in this film, some scenes seem to be unnecessary. From my point of view, this movie can be shorter, but it is acceptable and able to attract the audience to watch it until the end. so far I recommend you guys watching this especially those who are interested in Japanese society and want to get to know more about it.

This is a short film depicting the problems that hafu people are facing in Japan. The main character, Keisuke, moves to a new town in country side and changes the elementary school. One of his classmates insists that Keisuke has HIV because he has a black skin. I realized the problem of education on diseases. In the textbook, the photos of the patients of HIV is mostly black people. Furthermore, there is not enough explanations about HIV at schools. Therefore, children tend to have a wrong idea that HIV can be seen in only black people. Also, they don't understand how HIV is contracted. There are many other films that depicts these problems of HIV education, such as BPM. Those films all insists the necessity of children's deeper understanding of HIV to decrease the infection rate. I think this short film succeeds in depicting the ongoing problems of not only racial discrimination but also education systems of Japan. It can be the good teaching material for anyone.

A film about racism. and bullying . and discrimination. and guilty. and integration . realistic for the performance of child actors. for photography. and for the delicacy defining it as Japanes film more than any other detail. a boy. and his classmates. a rumour. and the simplicity transforming the film in a sort of poem about self confidence, roots and the other. important - its universal message.