388785
388785

Day of Independence

"A desert. A baseball diamond. A friendship. America, 1943."

2003-09-26 en 27m
DramaFamilyHistory
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.

Director

Chris Tashima

Producer

Lisa Onodera

Co-Writer

Chris Tashima

Co-Writer

Tim Toyama

Executive Producer

Tim Toyama

Director of Photography

Stacy Toyama

baseball world war ii east asian lead japanese american japanese american internment nisei short film

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Cedar Grove Productions