Dirty Hearts

Dirty Hearts
Directed byVicente Amorim
Screenplay byDavid França Mendes
Based onCorações Sujos
by Fernando Morais
Produced byVicente Amorim|
João Daniel Tikhomiroff
Gil Ribeiro
Michel Tikhomiroff
StarringTsuyoshi Ihara
Takako Tokiwa
Eiji Okuda
Shun Sugata
Kimiko Yo
Eduardo Moscovis
Celine Fukumoto
CinematographyRodrigo Monte
Edited byDiana Vasconcellos
Music byAkihiko Matsumoto
Distributed byDowntown Filmes
Release dates
  • October 13, 2011 (2011-10-13) (Festival do Rio)
  • July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17) (Brazil)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagesPortuguese
Japanese
BudgetR$8 million

Dirty Hearts (汚れた心, Kegareta Kokoro; Brazilian Portuguese: Corações Sujos) is a 2011 Brazilian historical drama-thriller film directed by Vicente Amorim. It is based on the true story of Shindo Renmei, a pro-Imperial Japan terrorist organization composed of Japanese immigrants in Brazil, which refused to accept Japanese surrender in World War II. The film stars Tsuyoshi Ihara, Takako Tokiwa, Eiji Okuda, Shun Sugata, Kimiko Yo, and Eduardo Moscovis. It is based on a 2000 non-fiction book by journalist Fernando Morais.

The film was premiered at Festival do Rio on October 13, 2011, and was released in Brazil on August 17, 2012. It received positive reviews and won Brazilian Academy Film Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Art Direction, out of 10 nominations.