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Feature films about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans include:


Feature films

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American Pastime ''American Pastime'' is the fourteenth and final album by American rock music, rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1976. Background It is the band's most recent studio album (as of 2019) and the only one not to feature the founding vocalists ...
'' (2007) Focuses on internees' use of baseball as a source of entertainment while living in camp * '' Bad Day at Black Rock'' (1955) * ''
Come See the Paradise ''Come See the Paradise'' is a 1990 American drama film written and directed by Alan Parker, and starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita. Set before and during World War II, the film depicts the treatment of Japanese Americans in the United States ...
'' (1990) Follows an interracial family separated by the wartime incarceration program * ''
Day of Independence ''Day of Independence'' is a 2003 short film, broadcast in 2005 as a half-hour PBS television special. It is a drama, set during the Japanese American internment of World War II, produced by Cedar Grove Productions with Visual Communications as f ...
'' (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. * ''
Farewell to Manzanar ''Farewell to Manzanar'' is a memoir published in 1973 by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. The book describes the experiences of Jeanne Wakatsuki and her family before, during, and following their relocation to the Manzanar internm ...
'' (1976) Made-for-television adaptation of
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (born September 26, 1934) is an American writer. Her writings primarily focus on ethnic identity formation in the United States of America. She is best known for her autobiographical novel ''Farewell to Manzanar'' that n ...
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memoirs A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobiog ...
of her time in the Manzanar internment camp * ''Forgotten Valor'' (2001) Written and directed by
Lane Nishikawa Lane Nishikawa is a Japanese American actor, filmmaker, playwright and performance artist who was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii and is ''Sansei'' (third generation Japanese American).Kim, Esther. (2006). His work often deals with Asian American histo ...
, a Nisei veteran remembers his experiences during World War II * '' Go for Broke!'' (1951) Based on the real-life story of the
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, a segregated army unit of Japanese American men, many of whom served while their families were incarcerated on the home front * ''Go for Broke: An Origin Story'' (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 Stacey Hayashi * '' Hell to Eternity'' (1960) Biopic about Guy Gabaldon, a Mexican American
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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 * '' 99 Years of Love 〜Japanese Americans〜'' (2010) * '' Kommando 1944'' (2018) * '' Only the Brave'' (2006) * ''
Snow Falling on Cedars ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' is a 1994 novel by David Guterson. Guterson, a teacher, wrote the book in the early morning hours over ten years then quit his job to write full-time. Plot Set on the fictional San Piedro Island in the Strait of Juan ...
'' (1999) Adaptation of
the novel ''The Novel'' (1991) is a novel written by American author James A. Michener. A departure from Michener's better known historical fiction, ''The Novel'' is told from the viewpoints of four different characters involved in the life and work of ...
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David Guterson David Guterson ( ; born May 4, 1956) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist. He is best known as the author of the bestselling Japanese American internment novel ''Snow Falling on Cedars''. Early life Guter ...
* '' Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story'' (2004) * ''
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'' (1997) * '' The Magic of Ordinary Days'' (2005) * ''
Under the Blood Red Sun ''Under the Blood Red Sun'' is a historical novel by Graham Salisbury, published in 1995. An award-winning feature film by Japanese-American director Tim Savage and produced by Dana Satler Hankins, from a screenplay by Salisbury, was released in ...
'' (2014) A 13 yr old Japanese boy faces monumental adversity in 1941 Hawaii, when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Adaptation of
the novel ''The Novel'' (1991) is a novel written by American author James A. Michener. A departure from Michener's better known historical fiction, ''The Novel'' is told from the viewpoints of four different characters involved in the life and work of ...
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Graham Salisbury Graham Salisbury (born April 11, 1944) is an American children's writer. His best known work is ''Under the Blood Red Sun'', a historical novel that features a Japanese-American boy and his family during World War II. Under the name Sandy Salis ...


Documentary films


See also

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List of documentary films about the Japanese American internment This is a list of documentary films about the Internment of Japanese Americans. See also * Japanese American internment *List of feature films about the Japanese American internment References {{Japanese American internment camps Japanese- ...


References

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Japanese American internment Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...