# Japanese-Brazilian Grief Drama ‘Yellow Chrysanthemum,’ Set During the 2014 Soccer World Cup, Joins Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/japanese-brazilian-grief-drama-yellow-chrysanthemum-set-during-the-2014-soccer-world-cup-joins-tokyo-gap-financing-market/
- Published: 2026-10-28T09:28:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T10:39:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/japanese-brazilian-drama-yellow-chrysanthemum-tokyo-market-1236933180/
- Topics: Americas, Art, Asia, Culture, Football, Sport, World

## Key points

- Saito’s first feature is seeking financing in Tokyo.
- The story follows a teenager confronting her cousin’s disappearance.
- The international co-production is in pre-production.

## Summary

Japanese-Brazilian director André Hayato Saito’s first feature, *Yellow Chrysanthemum*, has joined the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market as its team seeks partners to close a funding gap. The drama explores how grief and family silence shape identity, through a teenager who must confront the disappearance of her cousin.

Set in São Paulo during the 2014 World Cup, the film follows 16-year-old Erika, whose cousin Yam vanished at a festival when she was seven. Erika’s growing friendship with Bianca, a classmate grieving her mother, prompts her family to face the loss they have avoided discussing. The Brazil, Japan, Germany and France co-production is in pre-production; filming is planned to include a Japanese Toro Nagashi ceremony in Brazil this November.

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