Japanese American Internment Movies
- 2016
Allegiance
Allegiance6.52016HD
Inspired by the true-life experience of its star George Takei, Allegiance follows one family's extraordinary journey in this untold American story...
- 2022
Omoiyari
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Violinist and songwriter Kishi Bashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to...
- 1976
Farewell to Manzanar
Farewell to Manzanar61976HD
Fact based drama about one of the internment camps used by the American military during World War II to detain some 100,000 Japanese Americans (most...
- 1999
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...
- 2023
Kintsugi
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Kylie, a college nursing student troubled and traumatized by the recent events of her passing boyfriend, learns to find peace and strength through an...
- 2009
Half Kenneth
Half Kenneth02009HD
1945: after the death of his father, Ken escapes Japanese American internment camp to find his Caucasian mother who lives in town. Things become...
- 2017
Resistance at Tule Lake
Resistance at Tule Lake02017HD
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....
- 2003
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...
- 2015
Changing Season
Changing Season02015HD
Venture out to the Masumoto Farm – eighty acres of prime, peach-growing orchards – where seven varieties of the sweet juicy fruit are...
- 1991
History and Memory: For Akiko and Takashige
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This film is a poetic composition of recorded history and non-recorded memory. Filmmaker Rea Tajiri’s family was among the 120,000 Japanese and...
- 2014
Under the Blood-Red Sun
Under the Blood-Red Sun6.72014HD
December 7, 1941 - TOMIKAZU “TOMI” NAKAJI (Kyler Ki Sakamoto) and his best friend BILLY DAVIS (Kalama Epstein) are playing baseball in a...
- 1999
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.
- 2009
Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol
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Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol is both a historical portrait of Fumiko, her family and the Bainbridge Island Japanese American...
- 1995
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America6.31995HD
The film expresses the history of oppression, discrimination, violence and hate in America. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best...
- 1970
Before They Take Us Away
Before They Take Us Away01970HD
At the start of World War II, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were faced with the threat of forced removal and incarceration in...
- 2023
The Chest of Ryou
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Amid the hysteria of World War II, a Chinese-American private investigator meets with a Japanese-American client and must choose between his desire...
- 1998
Double Solitaire
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The filmmaker's father and uncle, Norm and Stan, are third generation Japanese Americans. They are "all American" guys who love bowling, cards and...
- 2015
Freeway City
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FREEWAY CITY is a provocative case study on how the collision of race, politics and casino economics shaped the destiny of Gardena, California.
- 1970
Heart Mountain: Three Years in a Relocation Center
Heart Mountain: Three Years in a Relocation Center01970HD
A documentary film about the internment of Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War II. The program, hosted by Jan Yanehiro,...
- 2017
Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes
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Leaving internment camps to defend their country in Europe, Japanese-American Nisei soldiers of WWII became the most decorated unit in American...