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.