List of films about the Japanese American internment

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

Feature films

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Documentary films

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Title Release Year Producer(s)
442: For the Future[3] 1997 Patricia Kinaga
442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity[4][5] 2010 Junichi Suzuki
After Silence: Civil Rights and the Japanese American Experience[6] 2003 Louis Shelton
All We Could Carry[7] 2011 Steven Okazaki
America at Its Best: Legacy of Two Nisei Patriots[8] 2001 Vince Matsuidaira, Nisei Veterans Committee of Seattle
And Then They Came for Us[9] 2017 Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider (filmmaker)
The Art of Gaman: The Story Behind the Objects[10] 2010 Rick Quan
Beyond Barbed Wire[11] 1997 Steve Rosen, Terri DeBono
Camp Amache: The Story of an American Tragedy [12] 2007 Don and Sandy Dexter
The Cats of Mirikitani 2006 Linda Hattendorf
Caught in Between: What to Call Home in Times of War[13] 2004 Lina Hoshino
A Challenge to Democracy 1943
ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066[14][15] 2019 Jon Osaki and Lauren Kawana
Children of the Camps[16] 1999
Citizen Tanouye[17] 2005 Robert Horsting, Craig Yahata
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 Solitaire 1997 Corey Ohama
Emi[23] 1979 Frank Nesbitt, Michael Toshiyuki Ono
Encounter with the Past: American Japanese Internment in World War II[24] 1980 Tak Shindo
Enemy Alien[25] 2011 Konrad Aderer
The Empty Chair[citation needed] 2014 Greg Chaney
Family Gathering 1988
Farewell to Manzanar 1973
A Flicker in Eternity[26] 2013 Ann Kaneko, Sharon Yamato
Forced Out: Internment and the Enduring Damage to California Cities and Towns[27] 2003 KVIE
Forsaken Fields[28] 2001 Midori Sperandeo
From a Silk Cocoon[29] 2006 Satsuki Ina
Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol[30] 2009 Lucy Ostrander
Furusato: The Lost Village of Terminal Island[31] 2005 David Meltzer
Gila River and Mama: The Ruth Mix Story[32] 2011 Claire Mix
Guilty by Reason of Race[33] 1972 NBC
Heart Mountain: Three Years in an Internment Camp[34] 1994 Dianne Fukami
Hidden Internment: The Art Shibayama Story[35] 2004 Casey Peek, Irum Shiekh
History and Memory: For Akiko and Takashige 1992 Rea Tajiri
The Idaho Homefront: Of Camps and Combat[36] 2007 Jim Peck
In Time Of War[37] 2004 Andrea Palpant
Interactions[38] 2000 Justin Lin
Japanese Relocation 1942 Office of War Information
Jimmy Murakami—Enemy Alien 2010 Sé Merry Doyle
Justice Betrayed 1992 Gordon Lee, Honolulu JACL
The Legacy of Heart Mountain 2014 David Ono and Jeff MacIntyre
Life Interrupted: Reunion and Remembrance in Arkansas[39] 2006 Japanese American National Museum
Manzanar 1972 Robert A. Nakamura
Manzanar Fishing Club 2012 Cory Shiozaki
Meeting at Tule Lake 1994 Scott T. Tsuchitani
Most Honorable Son[40] 2007 Bill Kubota
The Music Man of Manzanar[41] 2005 Brian T. Maeda
Nebraska's Nisei 1998 University of Nebraska
The Nisei: The Pride and the Shame 1965 CBS
Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People 1983 Loni Ding
Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story 2000 Eric Paul Fournier
Passing Poston 2008 Joe Fox
A Personal Matter: Gordon Hirabayashi vs. the United States 1992 John de Graaf
Pilgrimage 2006 Tad Nakamura
Prejudice and Patriotism: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in the Military Intelligence Service of WWII 1998
Prisoners and Patriots: The Untold Story of Japanese Internment in Santa Fe 2011 Neil H. Simon
Rabbit in the Moon 1999 Emiko Omori
Relocation, Arkansas[citation needed] 2015 Vivienne Schiffer
Remembering Manzanar 2004 National Park Service
Rescued By Fate 2014 Christopher HK Lee
Return to the Valley: Japanese American Experience After WWII 2003 Scott Gracheff
Searchlight Serenade 2012 Claire Reynolds
Shikata Ga Nai: An Inconvenient American[42] 2019 Lauren Yanase
The Silent Glory 2000 Zed Merrill
Something Strong Within 1994 Japanese American National Museum
Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story 2004 John Esaki
Take Me Home: A Child's Experience of Internment 2005 David Tanner, Andrea Palpant
Tanforan: From Race Track to Assembly Center 1994 Dianne Fukami
Time of Fear 2004 Sue Williams
To Be Takei 2014
Topaz 1945
Topaz 1988 KUED
Toyo's Camera: Japanese American History During WWII 2009 Junichi Suzuki
Unfinished Business 1985 Steven Okazaki
The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i 2012 Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
When You're Smiling: The Deadly Legacy of Internment 1999 Janice D. Tanaka
Winter in My Soul 1986 Bob Nellis, KTWO
Without Due Process: A Documentary about America's Concentration Camps 2001 Brian Beanblossom
Valor With Honor[43] 2008 Burt Takeuchi
Visible Target 1985 Cris Anderson, John de Graaf
Yankee Samurai 1985 Katriel Schory
Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice[44] 1993 Pat Saunders, Rea Tajiri

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Day of Independence official website
  2. ^ Brian Niiya, "If Tomorrow Comes" Densho Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Niiya, Brian. "442: For the Future (film)". Densho. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "Movie Review: 442-LIVE WITH HONOR; DIE WITH DIGNITY". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  5. ^ Adams, Mark (November 3, 2010). "442 – Live With Honor, Die With Dignity". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  6. ^ Gerster, Carole; Zlogar, Laura W. (2006-01-02). Teaching Ethnic Diversity with Film: Essays and Resources for Educators in History, Social Studies, Literature and Film Studies. McFarland. p. 122. ISBN 9780786421954.
  7. ^ "All We Could Carry". FARALLON FILMS. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  8. ^ Niiya, Brian. "America at its Best: Legacy of Two Nisei Patriots (film)". Densho. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  9. ^ "And Then They Came for Us". 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  10. ^ "The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946 (exhibition) | Densho Encyclopedia". encyclopedia.densho.org. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  11. ^ McCarthy, Todd (1997-07-20). "Beyond Barbed Wire". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  12. ^ "Camp Amache: The Story of an American Tragedy with producer/authors Don & Sandy Dexter | Pueblo City-County Library District". www.pueblolibrary.org. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  13. ^ "Caught in Between: What to Call Home in Times of War | UC Berkeley Library". www.lib.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  14. ^ "ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066". New Day Films. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  15. ^ "Home". ALTERNATIVEFACTS9066. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  16. ^ "Children of the Camps: the Japanese American WWII internment camp experience". www.pbs.org. Archived from the original on December 3, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  17. ^ Horsting, Robert. "Citizen Tanouye". www.citizentanouye.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  18. ^ "The Color of Honor - Japanese Americans and World War II internment film". www.cetel.org. Archived from the original on January 12, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  19. ^ "Conscience And The Constitution (DVD)". Japanese American National Museum Store. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  20. ^ "1a". pages.gseis.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  21. ^ Niiya, Brian. "Democracy Under Pressure: Japanese Americans and World War II (film)". Densho.
  22. ^ "Film Screening of "A Divided Community" & Discussion with Filmmaker Momo Yashima". Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change. 2016-02-12. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  23. ^ Ling, Huping (2015-03-17). Asian American history and culture : an encyclopedia. Austin, Allan W. ([Enhanced Credo edition] ed.). Armonk, New York: Routledge. p. 45. ISBN 978-1317476450. OCLC 889717915.
  24. ^ Shindo, Tak (1980), Encounter with the past: American-Japanese internment in World War II, Eurasia Publications, OCLC 8741684
  25. ^ Aderer, Konrad; Abdel-Muhti, Farouk; Darmi, Peter; Third World Newsreel (Firm) (2011), Enemy alien, OCLC 753869306
  26. ^ "A Flicker in Eternity--Stanley Hayami (DVD)". Japanese American National Museum Store. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  27. ^ Hosley, David H; Mastrandrea, James; Gravitt, Corita; Johnson, Mark; Yanehiro, Jan; Osaki, Paul; Honnami, Sumi; Maeda, Wayne; Komai, Chris (2003), Forced out: [internment and the enduring damage to California's cities and towns, KVIE, OCLC 61671981
  28. ^ "Forsaken Fields – CAAM Home". caamedia.org. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  29. ^ "From a Silk Cocoon - A Japanese American Renunciation Story". www.fromasilkcocoon.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  30. ^ Wakida, Patricia. "Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol (film)". Densho.
  31. ^ "Furusato: The Lost Village of Terminal Island (DVD)". Japanese American National Museum Store. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  32. ^ Niiya, Brian. "Gila River and Mama: The Ruth Mix Story (film)". Densho.
  33. ^ National Broadcasting Company (1972), Guilty by reason of race., retrieved 2018-03-22
  34. ^ "Heart Mountain: Three Years In An Internment Camp – CAAM Home". caamedia.org. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  35. ^ Wakida, Patricia. "Hidden Internment: The Art Shibayama Story (film)". Densho.
  36. ^ "Idaho Public Television Presents The Idaho Homefront: Of Camps and Combat". idahoptv.org. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  37. ^ "In Time of War". CAAM Home. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  38. ^ Wakida, Patricia. "Interactions (film)". Densho.
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  40. ^ "Most Honorable Son | PBS". www.pbs.org. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  41. ^ "The Music Man of Manzanar (film) - Densho Resource Guide". resourceguide.densho.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  42. ^ "SHIKATA GA NAI: AN INCONVENIENT AMERICAN - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  43. ^ "Valor with Honor Website". www.valorwithhonor.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  44. ^ "Women Make Movies Website". wmm.com. Retrieved 2022-05-08.