Enemy Alien
8.3
A poetic retelling of the experiences of Joseph Murakami, a fourteen-year-old boy from Darwin, who is summarily rounded up and interned by his government on the basis of his ethnicity, leaving wounds unhealed to this day.
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Takumi Kasuga
Joseph Murakami (age 12)
Hiroshi Kasuga
Yasukichi Murakami
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Akane Kasuga
Theresa Murakami
Brayden Fu
Joseph Murakami (aged 7)
Shan-Ree Tan
Joseph Murakami (age 19)
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Derek Gum
Joseph Murakami (voice)
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Joseph Murakami
Self
Gabriel Murphy Director · Joseph Murakami Story Joanna Cameron Cinematographer
Budget $14K · United States release November 14, 2023 · Produced in Australia, Japan
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Budget
$13,500
Production
Australian Film Television and Radio School
Production
Australia · Japan
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · October 14, 2022
Premiere · Antenna Documentary Film Festival
United States · November 14, 2023
Premiere · DOC NYC (Shorts: Collateral Damage)
Australia
October 31, 2022 · Premiere · Brisbane International Film Festival
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