Allegra Pacheco is a photographer, artist and director born in Costa Rica. After studying at Wimbledon Faculty of Arts and at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In 2012, Pacheco showed her first exhibition, the installation “Breats”, a collaboration with disenfranchised women in her home country, coming from an immigrant neighborhood. One year later, she had her first solo show in Tokyo, Japan where she exhibited her work in Gallery MoMo and Yamamoto Gendai, followed by the publication of her book “88 Days in Japan”, released in 2014.
Since 2016, she had been working on her first feature film, the documentary “Salaryman”, telling the story of the concept of the blue-collar businessman in Japan. The film was screened at Doc LA 2021, where it received awards for Best Documentary and Best Composer.
On the occasion of “Salaryman” celebrating its German premiere at Nippon Connection, Pacheco talks about the genesis of the project,...
Since 2016, she had been working on her first feature film, the documentary “Salaryman”, telling the story of the concept of the blue-collar businessman in Japan. The film was screened at Doc LA 2021, where it received awards for Best Documentary and Best Composer.
On the occasion of “Salaryman” celebrating its German premiere at Nippon Connection, Pacheco talks about the genesis of the project,...
- 6/9/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
There are many aspects you might connect with Japan, its culture and its society. While images such as the snowy summit of Mount Fuji comes to mind, along with the wide array of temples and other sights strewn across the country, the concept of the salaryman may just be one of the most lasting. Seemingly an element in every anime, manga or feature from Japan, the idea of a mostly masculine figure working day-in-day-out, always loyal to the company which granted him his job is one linked to the promise of economic success and upward mobility. Apart from the relevance in pop culture, there were even TV specials, for example, from the 1980s, dedicated to the image of his hard worker, a modern Willy Loman, you might say, who manages to provide for his family, while also maintaining some of the traditions which are so deeply embedded within Japanese culture.
- 5/25/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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