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Yurei : the ghosts of Japanese immigration to Mexico

Yurei ( Ghosts ) is memory, silences, nostalgia and secrets. The documentary directed by Mexican …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • March 18, 2025

Dahil Melgar documentaries filmmakers films immigration Japanese Mexicans World War II

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Her Name Tag Reads “Friend of the Vets”: Stacey Hayashi Shares Stories of da Nisei Veterans

In high school Stacey Hayashi, 49, remembahs reading just one tiny paragraph in her textbook abou…

Lee A. Tonouchi • March 5, 2025

100th Infantry Battalion 442nd Regimental Combat Team artists books comics film directors filmmakers films Go for Broke! (film) Hawai'i library materials picture books publications United States United States Army World War II

Harumi Lopez Higa: Growth and Vulnerability in Art

“I look back at the Harumi who made Mar de Primavera (Spring Sea) with nostalgia. I think I’m a d…

Hiro Ramos Nako • Jan. 15, 2025

artists Discover Nikkei Fest (event) Discover Nikkei programs (event) filmmakers Harumi López Higa immigrants immigration Japanese Peruvians Kyoto (city) migration Nikkei in Japan

Kokoro (心) Film Festival 2024: Heart, Mind, Spirit of Generations

When one thinks about film festivals in Canada, the Toronto International Film Festival might first…

Catherine Jo Ishino • Jan. 9, 2025

artists filmmakers films film screenings Japanese Canadians

The Last Bugle: Commemorating the 442nd Regimental Combat Team through Film

Filmmaker Burt Takeuchi is creating a web series based on the true story of a renowned Japanese Ame…

Burt Takeuchi • Nov. 23, 2024

442nd Regimental Combat Team filmmakers films United States Army web series World War II

One Fighting Irishman — A Conversation With Filmmaker Sharon Yamato

Wayne Mortimer Collins is an important name for my family. I first learned about this heroic, brash…

Tamiko Nimura • Oct. 17, 2023

California civil rights concentration camps documentaries filmmakers films Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) lawyers One Fighting Irishman (film) renunciation Sharon Yamato Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center United States Wayne Merrill Collins Wayne Mortimer Collins World War II camps

Tad Nakamura’s Art and Activism

Our stories are just as significant as anyone else’s. — Tad Nakamura Tad Nakamura was at ea…

Helen Yoshida • April 25, 2023

California communities filmmakers Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center Japanese American National Museum Karen L. Ishizuka Little Tokyo Los Angeles Robert Nakamura Tadashi Nakamura United States Yellow Brotherhood (film) Yellow Brotherhood (organization)

Narumi Ogusuku—Ubiquitous Nikkei Artist

The word ubicua (“ubiquitous”) has two meanings. The second, referring to a person, is: “Someone …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Feb. 3, 2023

dekasegi documentaries filmmakers films foreign workers generations identity Japan Narumi Ogusuku Nikkei in Japan Peru Peruvians Peruvians in Japan Ubicua (film) Yonsei

Toge Fujihira: Master Photographer and World Traveler - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Even as Fujihira and Shilin made their documentaries on Native Americans, they al…

Greg Robinson +1 • Sept. 28, 2021

filmmakers photographers photography Toge Fujihira

Toge Fujihira: Master Photographer and World Traveler - Part 1

Toge Fujihira (whose family name was sometimes reported as Fujihara) left the West Coast in the yea…

Greg Robinson +1 • Sept. 27, 2021

filmmakers generations New York (N.Y.) Nisei photographers photography Seattle Toge Fujihira United States Washington

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