Day of Independence (2003)

Day of Independence

2003

Drama Family History

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Chris Tashima

Cast

Alan Muraoka as Father

Chris Tashima as The Umpire

Derek Mio as Zip

Diana Toshiko as Betty

Gina Hiraizumi as Rose

Jon Okui as Satch

Keiko Kawashima as Mother

Marcus Toji as Hog