Kenichi Konno, 96, flew 26 hours to Japan every year for 15 years until he turned 94, all for concern about the fate of Japanese-Brazilian emigrants.
"Away from Brazil, I would like to find out what Brazilians of Japanese ancestry should become and what future awaits the Japanese-Brazilian 'dekasegi' (migrant) workers," Konno says in the documentary "The Grandpa from Brazil."
The film featuring his annual trips to Japan is being screened Wednesday at the 21st Tokyo International Women's Film Festival, which is running alongside the Tokyo International Film Festival.