List of feature films about the Japanese American internment
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Feature films about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans include:
- American Pastime (2007) Focuses on internees' use of baseball as a source of entertainment while living in camp[1]
- Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
- Come See the Paradise (1990) Follows an interracial family separated by the wartime incarceration program[2]
- Day of Independence (2003) A Nisei teen immerses himself in baseball after his parents decide to return to Japan rather than remain in camp in the U.S.[3]
- Farewell to Manzanar (1976) Made for television adaptation of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's memoirs of her time in the Manzanar internment camp
- Forgotten Valor (2001) Written and directed by Lane Nishikawa, a Nisei veteran remembers his experiences during World War II[4]
- Go for Broke! (1951) Based on the real-life story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated army unit of Japanese American men, many of whom served while their families were incarcerated on the home front
- (2018) Follows a group of University of Hawaii ROTC students during the tumultuous year after the attack on Pearl Harbor, as they navigate wartime Hawaii and fight discrimination. Adaptation of the comic book by [5]
- Hell to Eternity (1960) Biopic about Guy Gabaldon, a Mexican American Marine who was adopted by a Japanese American family at age 12 and went on to serve in World War II while his adoptive family was interned in Manzanar
- If Tomorrow Comes (1971) Made-for-TV movie following the romance between a Nisei man and a white woman at the start of World War II[6]
- 99 Years of Love 〜Japanese Americans〜 (2010)
- Kommando 1944 (2018)
- Only the Brave (2006)
- Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) Adaptation of the novel by David Guterson[7]
- Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (2004)
- Strawberry Fields (1997)
- The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
- Under the Blood Red Sun (2014) A 13 yr old Japanese boy faces monumental adversity in 1941 Hawaii, when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Adaptation of the novel by Graham Salisbury[8]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ American Pastime at IMDb
- ^ Come See the Paradise at IMDb
- ^ Day of Independence official website
- ^ Forgotten Valor at IMDb
- ^ Go For Broke at IMDb
- ^ Brian Niiya, "If Tomorrow Comes" Densho Encyclopedia
- ^ Snow Falling on Cedars at IMDb
- ^ Under the Blood Red Sun at IMDb
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- Films about the internment of Japanese Americans
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- Lists of historical drama films