Japanese American Movies

  • 2017
    Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes

    Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes

    Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes

    02017HD

    Leaving internment camps to defend their country in Europe, Japanese-American Nisei soldiers of WWII became the most decorated unit in American...

    Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes
  • 2015
    Tadaima

    Tadaima

    Tadaima

    102015HD

    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
  • 2022
    Omoiyari

    Omoiyari

    Omoiyari

    62022HD

    Violinist and songwriter Kishi Bashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to...

    Omoiyari
  • 2009
    Toyo's Camera

    Toyo's Camera

    Toyo's Camera

    02009HD

    Even though bringing in cameras to the internment camps was prohibited, one man managed to smuggle in his own camera lens and build a camera to...

    Toyo's Camera
  • 1970
    Sam

    Sam

    Sam

    01970HD

    A 1971 film study of a Japanese American who lived in a detention camp during World War II.

    Sam
  • 2010
    442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity

    442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity

    442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity

    102010HD

    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
  • 2023
    Grandpa Cherry Blossom

    Grandpa Cherry Blossom

    Grandpa Cherry Blossom

    02023HD

    The story of Francis Uyematsu, a Japanese immigrant, told through the words of his granddaughter, Mary Uyematsu Kao, and Chuck Currier, a local...

    Grandpa Cherry Blossom
  • 1970
    Quick and With Fire

    Quick and With Fire

    Quick and With Fire

    101970HD

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

    Quick and With Fire
  • 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!

    02003HD

    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!
  • 2012
    Tule Lake

    Tule Lake

    Tule Lake

    02012HD

    During the Japanese-American internment of World War II, a woman held at the Tule Lake segregation camp with her family leaves her barracks one night.

    Tule Lake
  • 1970
    Bon Odori

    Bon Odori

    Bon Odori

    01970HD

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

    Bon Odori