Chieko Wataya in Babel
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Chieko Wataya is a deaf Japanese teenage girl in the film "Babel," whose emotional struggles and search for connection form one of the movie’s central storylines.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chieko Wataya | 0 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deaf character
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| age | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
2006 film Babel
NERFINISHED
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Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWorkGenre |
drama
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multi-narrative film ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Alejandro González Iñárritu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guillermo Arriaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFor | Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Wataya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Babel (2006 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Chieko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDisability | deafness ⓘ |
| hasFather | Yasujiro Wataya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
emotionally vulnerable
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lonely ⓘ rebellious ⓘ socially isolated ⓘ |
| isDeaf | true ⓘ |
| language | Japanese Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeArc |
coping with her mother’s death
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seeking intimacy and recognition ⓘ struggling to communicate with her father ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | parallel protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotionally intense storyline in Babel
ⓘ
portrayal of deafness in mainstream cinema ⓘ |
| partOf | Babel narrative structure ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rinko Kikuchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyFunction | central storyline ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
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communication ⓘ grief ⓘ isolation ⓘ search for connection ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yuriko Kikuchi