Resistance at Tule Lake

Konrad Aderer
2017-07-19

The defiant Japanese Americans of World War II
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78 min

The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's program of mass incarceration during World War II. Branded as 'disloyals' and re-imprisoned at Tule Lake Segregation Center, they continued to protest in the face of militarized violence, and thousands renounced their U.S. citizenship. Giving voice to experiences that have been marginalized for over 70 years, this documentary challenges the nationalist, one-sided ideal of wartime 'loyalty.'

Cast

Name Character Team
Hiroshi Kashiwagi Himself Unowned
James Yaegashi Iwao Shimizu (voice) Unowned
Wayne Merrill Collins, Jr. Himself Unowned
Roger Daniels Himself Unowned
Grace Hata Herself Unowned
Satsuki Ina Herself Unowned
Tetsuden Kashima Himself Unowned
Sadako Kashiwagi Herself Unowned
Toru Bill Nishamura Himself Unowned
Barbara Takei Herself Unowned
Sachiko Takita-Ishii Herself Unowned
Jeanne Tanaka Herself Unowned
Jim Tanimoto Himself Unowned
Mori Tanimoto Himself Unowned
Jimi Yamaichi Himself Unowned
Junichi Yamamoto Himself Unowned
Morgan Yamanaka Himself Unowned
Bill Nishimura Himself Unowned