The Nisei Farmer (2003)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Dean Yamada

Writer:

Dean Yamada (writer)

Genre:

Short | Drama | War

Tagline:

A tale about tilling the soil of the heart...

Plot:

When the U.S. government makes reparations for the injustices suffered by the Japanese Americans during World War II, memories of a stolen youth resurface for a Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) farmer in northern California.

Plot Keywords:

Japanese American | Nisei | Internment Camp | University Of Southern California | 1940s

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Steven Kondo	...	Hank
Jude Narita	...	Aki
Deborah O'Brien	...	Waitress
Mark Ofuji	...	Hank's Father
Akiko Shima	...	Hank's Mother
Ken Takemoto	...	Sab
Matthew Yee	...	Young Hank

Runtime:

USA:12 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Davis, California, USA

Company:

Yamco Farm Productions

Trivia:

The film opens at Cindy's Restaurant in Davis, California, where the filmmaker's father had breakfast every morning in the same seat for thirty years. The actor comes through the door and sits in the very same seat.