Day of Independence (2003)
27m
Running Time
September 26, 2003Release Date
Day of Independence (2003)
27m
Running Time
September 26, 2003Release Date
Plot.
Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.
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Cast & Crew.

Derek Mio
Zip

Marcus Toji
Hog

Alan Muraoka
Father

Keiko Kawashima
Mother

Chris Tashima
The Umpire / Director / Co-Writer

Gina Hiraizumi
Rose

Ulysses Lee
Tad

Jon Okui
Satch

Diana Toshiko
Betty

Sarah Chang
Sadie

Lisa Onodera
Producer

Sarah Chang
Sadie

Tim Toyama
Co-Writer / Executive Producer

Stacy Toyama
Director of Photography

Aaron Yamamoto
Editor

Akeime Mitterlehner
Production Design

Scott Nagatani
Music

Naomi Yoshida Rodriguez
Costume Design

Timo Chen
Music

Pablo Miralles
Co-Producer

Lu Cien Hioe
Line Producer

Chris Donahue
Executive Producer
Details.
Release DateSeptember 26, 2003
StatusReleased
Running Time27m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
baseball
world war ii
east asian lead
japanese american
japanese american internment
nisei
short
Wiki.
Day of Independence is a 2003 short film, broadcast in 2005 as a half-hour PBS television special. It is a drama, set during the Japanese American internment of World War II, produced by Cedar Grove Productions with Visual Communications as fiscal sponsor.