Telling the untold stories of Japanese Australians - Actor Arisa Yura

Arisa Yura, a Sydney-based actress originally from Japan, will tell her story as a Japanese Australian in the upcoming one-woman play, Confessions of A Custard Melon Pan. Broadcast on the 3rd of September, 2019.

Arisa Yura (Confessions of A Custard Melon Pan) Source: Gareth Yuen

Arisa Yura (The Japanese Princess) Source: Sarah Walker

Arisa and her family moved to Sydney when she was 10 years old.  In 2010, Arisa had an opportunity to go back to Japan and stay there for a while. 

During her stay in the mother country, as a Japanese-Australian, Arisa faced more cultural differences than she thought she would.  She put all those experiences into a monologue and wrote a screenplay out of it.

Arisa's one-woman play Confessions of A Custard Melon Pan (September 12-14) will be premiered in Sydney at this year's Sydney Fringe Festival.

In the audio, Arisa shares her experience as a 1.5 generation Japanese immigrant and tells us how she developed her thoughts into a one-woman play.  Arisa thinks that the stories of Japanese-Australians haven't been told enough in the entertainment industry and she would like to change that.

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