Japanese Americans in WW2
by chrissso | created - 26 Mar 2017 | updated - 26 Mar 2017 | PublicJapanese Americans in WW2
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1. Farewell to Manzanar (1976 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, History, War
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, seven-year-old Jeanne Wakatsuki, her family and 11,000 other Americans of Japanese descent and their immigrant parents are imprisoned in the internment camp Manzanar in California.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy, Dori Takeshita, Akemi Kikumura
Votes: 142
8.4
2. Under the Blood-Red Sun (2014)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Family, History
December 7, 1941 - On a Sunday morning, TOMIKAZU (TOMI) NAKAJI and his best friend BILLY DAVIS are playing baseball in a field near their homes in Hawaii when the Japanese launch a surprise... See full summary »
Director: Tim Savage | Stars: Kyler Ki Sakamoto, Kalama Epstein, Dann Seki, Autumn Ogawa
Votes: 122
8.1
3. If Tomorrow Comes (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, Romance, War
A white Californian girl and her new Japanese-American husband must keep their recent marriage secret in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Patty Duke, Frank Michael Liu, Anne Baxter, James Whitmore
Votes: 138
7.9
4. Hell to Eternity (1960)
Approved | 131 min | Biography, Drama, War
When his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone, Patricia Owens
Votes: 1,578
7.1
5. Day of Independence (2003)
27 min | Short, Family, History
The creators of Visas and Virtue (1997) (1997 Academy Award Winner, Best Live Action Short Film) bring you another important historical narrative. This dramatic film, set in a Japanese ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Tashima | Stars: Derek Mio, Marcus Toji, Alan Muraoka, Keiko Kawashima
Votes: 56
7.0
6. Go for Broke! (1951)
Passed | 92 min | Drama, History, War
The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II.
Director: Robert Pirosh | Stars: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga
Votes: 1,747
6.9
7. American Pastime (2007)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
The dramatic impact World War II had on the home front as American families of Japanese descent were uprooted from their daily lives and placed in internment camps in the Western United States in the early 1940s.
Director: Desmond Nakano | Stars: Aaron Yoo, Olesya Rulin, Carleton Bluford, Sami Roe
Votes: 775
6.8
8. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Max von Sydow, Yûki Kudô, Reeve Carney
Votes: 14,561 | Gross: $14.38M
6.8
9. Midway (1976)
PG | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford
Votes: 21,482
6.8
10. Come See the Paradise (1990)
R | 138 min | Drama, Romance, War
The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi
Votes: 3,052 | Gross: $0.85M
6.7
11. Only the Brave (2006)
R | 99 min | Drama, War
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, "Only the Brave" takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental ... See full summary »
Director: Lane Nishikawa | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Lane Nishikawa, Greg Watanabe, Mark Dacascos
Votes: 917 | Gross: $0.14M
5.5
12. Beyond Barbed Wire (1997)
88 min | Documentary, History, War
Director: Steve Rosen | Star: Pat Morita
Votes: 37
doc 8.2
13. Toyo's Camera (2009)
Documentary
Director: Junichi Suzuki | Stars: Toyo Miyatake, George Takei, George Aratani, Tetsu Asato
Votes: 14
doc 7.7
14. Days of Waiting (1991)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few whites interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo refused to be separated from her husband and... See full summary »
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Estelle Peck Ishigo, Lynn O'Donnell, Dorothy Stroup
Votes: 94
doc 7.5
15. Family Gathering (1988)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Silence - the stuff of assumptions and confusion - is a legacy inherited by many grandchildren of Japanese Americans interned during WWII. Shortly after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Masuo ... See full summary »
Director: Lise Yasui
Votes: 16
doc NR
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