1. Tizuka Yamasaki was born on May 12,1949 and is a Brazilian film director.
10 Facts About Tizuka Yamasaki
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Tizuka Yamasaki finished college in Rio de Janeiro, where she started her professional career.
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Tizuka Yamasaki was one of the first women filmmakers in Brazil who achieved a successful and longstanding career.
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Tizuka Yamasaki worked as director assistant with Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Glauber Rocha.
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Tizuka Yamasaki challenged the norms of Cinema Novo by increasing both the representation of women and the awareness of issues affecting women in Brazilian society.
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Tizuka Yamasaki established herself as one of the most important film directors of the 1980s.
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Tizuka Yamasaki began her work with auteur-style films, then transitioned to work in television.
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Tizuka Yamasaki's work challenged glamorous Brazilian television by focusing on natural and realistic images.
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Tizuka Yamasaki gained some critical acclaim with her 1980 film Gaijin, Os Caminhos da Liberdade, a story about Japanese immigration to Brazil.
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Tizuka Yamasaki has been criticized for directing overly commercial movies with the children TV show hostess Xuxa.