Japanese American Movies

  • 1970
    Quick and With Fire

    Quick and With Fire

    Quick and With Fire

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    After being tricked by her grandmother, a promising college musician turns to medical cannibalism to overcome her chronic lung condition.

    Quick and With Fire
  • 2010
    442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity

    442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity

    442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity

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    Medal of Honor Recipient George Sakato said with tear, ' I am not a hero. I just killed a lot of people. It's not good. This medal is for the people...

    442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity
  • 1999
    Old Man River

    Old Man River

    Old Man River

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    Documentary film version of the stage show in which actress Cynthia Gates Fujikawa explores the story of her father, actor Jerry Fujikawa, who had a...

    Old Man River
  • 1988
    A Family Gathering

    A Family Gathering

    A Family Gathering

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    Silence - the stuff of assumptions and confusion - is a legacy inherited by many grandchildren of Japanese Americans interned during WWII. Shortly...

    A Family Gathering
  • 2003
    Day of Independence

    Day of Independence

    Day of Independence

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    Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of...

    Day of Independence
  • 2015
    Tadaima

    Tadaima

    Tadaima

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    After the closure of US Japanese Internment Camps at the end of World War II, a Japanese American family returns home and must find the strength to...

    Tadaima
  • 1999
    Children of the Camps

    Children of the Camps

    Children of the Camps

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    Documentary following six Americans of Japanese ancestry who were held in U.S. internment camps during World War II.

    Children of the Camps
  • 1975
    Kites and Other Tales

    Kites and Other Tales

    Kites and Other Tales

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    Modern kite maker Tom Joe seeks to preserve the craft of kite making as well as the traditional Asian folklore behind it. Alan Takemoto illustrates...

    Kites and Other Tales
  • 1970
    Bon Odori

    Bon Odori

    Bon Odori

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    A young Japanese-American boy struggles with the loss of his grandmother during his first Obon without her.

    Bon Odori
  • 1970
    Heart Mountain: Three Years in a Relocation Center

    Heart Mountain: Three Years in a Relocation Center

    Heart Mountain: Three Years in a Relocation Center

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    A documentary film about the internment of Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War II. The program, hosted by Jan Yanehiro,...

    Heart Mountain: Three Years in a Relocation Center
  • 2003
    UH Live Streaming 20 Dai wa Ike Ike!

    UH Live Streaming 20 Dai wa Ike Ike!

    UH Live Streaming 20 Dai wa Ike Ike!

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    Footage of the online event (talk session and studio mini gig) celebrating Hikaru Utada's 20th birthday on January 19, 2003.

    UH Live Streaming 20 Dai wa Ike Ike!