''Kenji Comes Home'' is a 1949
documentary film
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produced by
Paul F. Heard. Written and directed by Charles F. Schwep, it was filmed on location in Japan and employed native actors.
The film was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
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1949 films
1949 documentary films
American documentary films
American black-and-white films
Black-and-white documentary films
Films shot in Japan
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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