Strawberry Fields (1997 film)

Strawberry Fields
Strawberry Fields
	DVD cover
Directed by	Rea Tajiri
Written by	Rea Tajiri ; Kerri Sakamoto
Produced by	Rea Tajiri ; Jason Kliot ; Hank Blumenthal
Starring	Suzy Nakamura; James Sie; Reiko Matheiu; Heather Yoshimura; Marilyn Tokuda; Chris Tashima; Takayo Fischer;
Cinematography	Zachary Winestine
Edited by	Steve Hamilton ; James Lyons
Music by	Bundy Brown ; Sooyoung Park
Distributed by	Vanguard Cinema (DVD)
Release date	1997
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Strawberry Fields is a 1997 independent feature film directed by Japanese American filmmaker Rea Tajiri and co-written by Tajiri and Japanese Canadian author Kerri Sakamoto.

Plot[]

The story of the film centers on Irene Kawai, a Japanese American teenager in Chicago in the 1970s who is haunted by a photo of her grandfather she never knew standing by a barracks in a World War II internment camp for Japanese Americans. Prompted by visits from the ghost of Terri, her dead baby sister, Irene journeys with her boyfriend Luke on a road trip to Arizona, where the Poston War Relocation Center once stood, and where the photo of her grandfather was taken.

Main cast[]

Suzy Nakamura as Irene Kawai
James Sie as Luke
Heather Yoshimura as Terri
as Alice
Reiko Mathieu as Aura
Chris Tashima as Mark
Takayo Fischer as Takayo
Peter Yoshida as Bill

Production[]

Strawberry Fields was filmed in Chicago, Illinois, and in California. It received funding from CPB, NEA and ITVS, and was completed in 1997.

Release[]

It premiered at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and was an Official Selection to the Venice Film Festival. It also screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival and won the Grand Prix at the . It was released on VHS and DVD by Vanguard Cinema.

Reception[]

Film critic Roger Ebert called the film "a moving piece of work."^{[citation needed]}

External links[]

Strawberry Fields at IMDb

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