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Status
Released
Release
2017
Runtime
1h 18m
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"The defiant Japanese Americans of World War II"
The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's program of mass incarceration during World War II. Branded as 'disloyals' and re-imprisoned at Tule Lake Segregation Center, they continued to protest in the face of militarized violence, and thousands renounced their U.S. citizenship. Giving voice to experiences that have been marginalized for over 70 years, this documentary challenges the nationalist, one-sided ideal of wartime 'loyalty.'
18 Cast Members
Hiroshi Kashiwagi
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James Yaegashi
Iwao Shimizu (voice)
Wayne Merrill Collins, Jr.
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Roger Daniels
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Grace Hata
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Satsuki Ina
Herself
Tetsuden Kashima
Himself
Sadako Kashiwagi
Herself
Toru Bill Nishamura
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Barbara Takei
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Sachiko Takita-Ishii
Herself
Jeanne Tanaka
Herself
Jim Tanimoto
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Mori Tanimoto
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Jimi Yamaichi
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Junichi Yamamoto
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Morgan Yamanaka
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Bill Nishimura
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