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Day of Independence (2003)
Directed by Chris Tashima
Overview
Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father’s decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son’s triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.
Length 27 minutes
Actors
Derek Mio | Marcus Toji | Alan Muraoka | Keiko Kawashima | Chris Tashima | Gina Hiraizumi | Ulysses Lee | Jon Okui | Diana Toshiko | Sarah Chang