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[Audio] 99 Years of Love/Hate (Session in Japanese)

In 2010 the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) broadcast a dramatic miniseries, 99 Years of Love: Japanese Americans, the story of the Hiramatsu family and its enduring family love in the face of bitter struggles with anti-Japanese exclusion and World War II within the United States and Japan. This panel discusses the larger historical context of the series and its impact upon the Japanese and their reaction to Japanese American history.

Moderator:

• Masako Iino, Past President and Professor, Tsuda College

Panelists:

• Masako Iino, Past President and Professor, Tsuda College 
• Teruko Kumei, Professor, Shirayuri College 
• Noriko Shimada, Professor, Japan Women's University

Articles in Japanese related to this panel are available on the Discover Nikkei Journal section:  

• Masako Iino
  - ドラマ『99年の愛』－作成の背景
• Noriko Shimada
  - ドラマ『99年の愛』― 時代考証を振り返って
• Teruko Kumei
  - ドラマ『99年の愛』－学生の反応

* This session is supported in part by grants from The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies.