Tag: japanese american

Hell to Eternity (1960) 7

Hell to Eternity (1960)

Storyline:True life story of Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. Later, during the war, as his foster parents are interned at a camp for Japanese American...

American Pastime (2007) 6.6

American Pastime (2007)

Storyline:The dramatic impact W.W.II had in the home-front as U.S. Japanese families were uprooted from their daily lives and placed in internment camps in western States in the early 1940s.User Reviews: Full disclosu...

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) 6.3

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

Storyline:A Japanese-American fisherman may have killed his neighbor Carl at sea. In the 1950s, race figures in the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.User Reviews:

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) 6.3

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

Storyline:A Japanese-American fisherman may have killed his neighbor Carl at sea. In the 1950s, race figures in the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.User Reviews:

Kids on the Slope (2018) 7.1

Kids on the Slope (2018)

Storyline:Two different students - a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent - form a friendship through their love for music.User Reviews: This movie is a little version of Whiplash ...

To Be Takei (2014) 6.9

To Be Takei (2014)

Storyline:From outer space to Capitol Hill, from the silver screen to YouTube, the legendary George Takei has blazed his own trail while conquering new frontiers with a beaming trademark grin. Oh, my! To Be Takei is a...

Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) 6.1

Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

Storyline:Detective Chris Kenner was orphaned as a child as his father was in the service and was killed and lived in Japan. Now he is on the trail of ruthless Yakuza leader named Yoshido, who helped establish a small...

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) 7.8

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Storyline:From the time John J. Macreedy steps off the train in Black Rock, he feels a chill from the local residents. The town is only a speck on the map and few if any strangers ever come to the place. Macreedy hims...