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Based on real events reported in Japanese newspapers in 1966 [1] Boy follows the title character, Toshio Omura, across Japan, as he is forced to participate in a dangerous scam to support his dysfunctional family. Toshio's father, Takeo Omura, is an abusive, lazy veteran, who forces his wife, the boy's stepmother, Takeko Tamiguchi, to feign ...
The film is a critique of the right-wing militarist nationalism that guided Japan's conduct in Asia during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The film deals with various issues, such as war crimes, handicapped veterans, and spousal abuse. The film also deals with themes of sexual perversion and features graphic sex scenes.
Nobody Knows (誰も知らない, Dare mo Shiranai) is a 2004 Japanese drama film based on the 1988 Sugamo child abandonment case. [2] The film is written, produced, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and it stars Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, and Hiei Kimura.
The Color of Honor: The Japanese American Soldier in WWII [18] 1987 Loni Ding: Conscience and the Constitution [19] 2000 Frank Abe Days of Waiting: 1990 Steven Okazaki: Dear Miss Breed [20] 2000 Veronica Ko Democracy Under Pressure: Japanese Americans and World War II [21] 2000 Jeffrey S. Betts A Divided Community [22] 2012 Momo Yashima Double ...
"The Town Where Only I Am Missing"), localized as Erased, is a 2016 Japanese thriller fantasy mystery film adaptation of the manga series of the same name featuring Tatsuya Fujiwara as Satoru Fujinuma. It premiered in cinemas throughout Japan on March 19, 2016. [4] The theme song is "Hear ~Shinjiaeta Akashi~" (Hear 〜信じあえた証〜, lit.
Films about the internment of Japanese Americans (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Films about Japanese Americans" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
According to Tony Rayns, Abashiri Prison was released by Toei in 1965 as the B movie of a double feature. [ 9 ] Eureka Entertainment released Abashiri Prison in the United Kingdom and North America in a Blu-ray set that also includes the second and third films in the series, Another Abashiri Prison Story and Abashiri Prison: Saga of ...
The first scene shows the life of the Nomura family, a typical American family of Japanese descent in 1941, composed of Japanese-born parents and American-born children (in this case, two sons, Lane and Lyle). They are forced to leave their home in Los Angeles following the infamous Executive Order 9066, signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.