Where We Call Home — Season 1, Episode 11: Entertainers Under the Pandemic
Documentary • 27 min • 6 seasons, 137 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
The entertainment business in Japan has been dealt a heavy blow by the coronavirus pandemic. Join us as we look at the lives of 3 foreigners working in the industry fighting to survive the crisis: Fiona Graham - an Australian who's been working as a geisha under the artist name of Sayuki for 15 years, Iran-born Edi who manages a talent agency regrouping around 2,000 non-Japanese entertainers, and a dancer from the United States, Ice, who runs his own dance school for children.
About Where We Call Home
People from around the globe who put down roots in Japan offer a glimpse into their lives and the hardships they face in Japanese society.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Daily Struggles of a Pakistani Used Car Dealer
- E2Little India in Big Tokyo
- E3A Helping Hand for Foreign Women in Kyoto
- E4A Hot Meal for Every Child
- E5Support for Foreign Disabled and Elderly
- E6A Budding Farmer Dreams of Peanuts
- E7Under the Coronavirus Outbreak
- E8Working Under the Outbreak
- E9Chinese Entrepreneurs Fight for Survival
- E10Struggles for Recovery in the Restaurant Industry
- E12Tourism's Fight to Endure the Crisis
- E13Charmed by the Beauty and Flavor of Noto