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After the government issued the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire,\" family was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for ten years at a farm labor camp on an island outside of Stockton. Eventually ended up living in the San Fernando Valley, and became very active with the Japanese American Citizens League."},{"id":"502","model":"narrator","index":"1 651/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/502/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/502/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/syo.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/syo.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/502/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yo Shibuya","bio":"Nisei male. Born August 23, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Went to Japan for a time as a child with family before returning to California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, learned the saxophone and played with the Jive Bombers band. After leaving camp, attended college and began a career in dentistry while continuing to play music professionally."},{"id":"627","model":"narrator","index":"2 652/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/627/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/627/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/marnold.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/marnold.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/627/interviews/"},"display_name":"Arnold T. Maeda","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 17, 1926, in Santa Monica, California. Grew up in the Santa Monica area where parents ran a nursery business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked as a chick sexer, technical illustrator in the aerospace industry, and a life insurance salesman. Returned to California and became involved in community organizations."},{"id":"246","model":"narrator","index":"3 653/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/246/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/246/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ksally.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ksally.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/246/interviews/"},"display_name":"Shimako \"Sally\" Kitano","bio":"Nisei female. Born April 6, 1932, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge, and was eight years old when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Before the war was over, moved to Chicago, Illinois. Returned to Bainbridge Island after World War II."},{"id":"345","model":"narrator","index":"4 654/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/345/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/345/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smary.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smary.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/345/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mary Blocher Smeltzer","bio":"White female. Born in 1915 in Texas. Grew up in La Verne, California, where family was active with the Church of the Brethren. During World War II, lived in the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and worked as a teacher there. Along with husband, established a hostel in Chicago, Illinois, for Japanese Americans leaving the camps."},{"id":"16","model":"narrator","index":"5 655/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/16/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/16/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hfumiko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hfumiko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/16/interviews/"},"display_name":"Fumiko Hayashida","bio":"Nisei female. Born January 21, 1911, in Winslow, Washington. Grew up in Japan and the Fletcher's Bay area of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Member of the first group of Japanese Americans to be forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated. Incarcerated at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, while pregnant and caring for two small children. Subject of famous photo of a mother carrying her sleeping child wearing evacuation tags."},{"id":"231","model":"narrator","index":"6 656/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/231/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/231/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/bdennis.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/bdennis.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/231/interviews/"},"display_name":"Dennis Bambauer","bio":"Male of Japanese and French-Irish descent. Born October 7, 1934, in Los Angeles, California. As a child, resided in the Children's Home Society Orphanage in Los Angeles. During World War II, was transferred to Manzanar concentration camp's \"Children's Village\" for orphans. Was adopted out of camp by a family from Bishop, California. Eventually became a teacher."},{"id":"380","model":"narrator","index":"7 657/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/380/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/380/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mroy_3.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mroy_3.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/380/interviews/"},"display_name":"Roy Murakami","bio":"Nisei male. Born January 15, 1931, in Los Angeles, California. Prior to World War II, father was a community leader who helped to establish the first judo dojo in Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Following the war, served in the military during the Korean War, and eventually returned to California."},{"id":"446","model":"narrator","index":"8 658/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/446/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/446/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tclyde.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/tclyde.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/446/interviews/"},"display_name":"Clyde Taylor","bio":"White male. Born February 16, 1930, in Hollywood, California. Grew up in Oregon before family moved to Big Pine, California, prior to World War II. Was involved in a high school football game with Japanese American students from the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the war, served in the military and eventually settled in Sacramento, California."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1024-87","model":"entity","index":"9 659/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-87/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1024-87/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-87-mezzanine-7c61711efb-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-87-mezzanine-7c61711efb-a.jpg"},"title":"Yuki Shimoda: Asian American Actor","description":"The thirty-year acting career of the late Yuki Shimoda reflects the achievement and career disappointments that faced the minority actor. Only offered limited roles by the Hollywood establishment during certain points of his career, Shimoda persevered on for challenging dramatic roles, such as in the television movie, FAREWELL TO MANZANAR. Shimoda’s journey from Sacramento’s “J-Town,” to his imprisonment in an American concentration camp, and his experiences on Broadway and Hollywood are insightfully explored through interviews and selected clips from his film and television work. Among those interviewed include directors Harold Prince and John Korty; actors Mako, Beulah Quo, Nobu McCarthy, Soon Tek Oh; and agent Guy Lee.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Densho Resource Guide</a> at: <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Yuki%20Shimoda:%20Asian%20American%20Actor%20(film)/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Yuki Shimoda: Asian American Actor (film)</a>.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/digital-library-of-japanese-american-incarceration-films\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films</a> at: <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-87</a>.","extent":"00:31:00","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-87","creators":[{"role":"Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Editor, Sound Design","namepart":"Esaki, John"},{"role":"Executive Producer","namepart":"Aihara, Douglas"},{"role":"Executive Producer","namepart":"Araki, Nancy"},{"role":"Executive Producer","namepart":"Kikumura, Akemi"},{"role":"Executive Producer","namepart":"Mabalot, Lisa"},{"role":"Executive Producer","namepart":"Tatsukawa, Steve"},{"role":"Co-Producer","namepart":"Kato, Amy E."},{"role":"Composer","namepart":"Kuramoto, Dan"},{"role":"Sound Design","namepart":"Cubos, Gabriel"},{"role":"Sound Design","namepart":"Nakamura, Robert"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Prince, Harold"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Akemi, Kikumura"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"McCarthy, Nobu"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Quo, Beulah"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Yashima, Momo"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Oh, Soon Teck"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Lee, Guy"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Nishijima, Kanji"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Osaki, Tad"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Matsuhara, Yosh"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Tokuno, Mako"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Edelstein, Rick"},{"role":"Actor","namepart":"Korty, John"}],"topics":[{"term":"Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Film","id":"249"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Shimoda, Yuki"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"motion_picture","facility":[{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"1985","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Esaki, John Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Editor, Sound Design \nAihara, Douglas Executive Producer \nAraki, Nancy Executive Producer \nKikumura, Akemi Executive Producer \nMabalot, Lisa Executive Producer \nTatsukawa, Steve Executive Producer \nKato, Amy E. 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During World War II, removed as a small child to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to California with family, where parents established a nursery business in Torrance, California. Graduated from the University of Southern California, and worked as a teacher. Integral in establishing programs to introduce multicultural education in the schools."},{"id":"740","model":"narrator","index":"11 661/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/740/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/740/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/frobert.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/frobert.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/740/interviews/"},"display_name":"Robert Katsuto Fujioka","bio":"Nisei male. Born in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where parents ran a farm and then father became a gardener. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp to finish high school in Chicago, Illinois, and attend college in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Drafted into the military. Eventually returned to Los Angeles and established a career in industrial design."},{"id":"775","model":"narrator","index":"12 662/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/775/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/775/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/osachiye.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/osachiye.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/775/interviews/"},"display_name":"Sachiye Okamoto","bio":"Nisei female. Born 1937 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI, and the rest of the family moved to Compton, California. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for several years in the Long Beach trailer park and Cabrillo government housing projects."},{"id":"776","model":"narrator","index":"13 663/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/776/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/776/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smiho.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/smiho.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/776/interviews/"},"display_name":"Miho Shiroishi","bio":"Nisei female. Born 1932 in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI, and the rest of the family moved to Compton, California. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for several years in the Long Beach trailer park and Cabrillo government housing projects."},{"id":"923","model":"narrator","index":"14 664/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/923/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/923/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-477_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-477_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/923/interviews/"},"display_name":"Noboru Kamibayashi","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 23, 1930, in Fairfax, Washington. Grew up in Venice, California, where parents had a produce farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Parents signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and decided to return with the family to Japan to live. After several years in Japan, came back to California."},{"id":"438","model":"narrator","index":"15 665/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/438/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/438/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge_3.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge_3.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/438/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Matsumoto","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 19, 1924, in San Francisco, California. At a young age, family moved to Ocean Park, California, where father ran a concession stand in an amusement park. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, had numerous jobs, including as part of the kitchen staff. In 1943, refused to answer the so-called \"loyalty questions\" and was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After being released from camp, resettled in Chicago, Illinois, before returning to California."},{"id":"212","model":"narrator","index":"16 666/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/212/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/212/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/amas.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/amas.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/212/interviews/"},"display_name":"Mas Akiyama","bio":"Nisei male. Born May 19, 1917, in Eastport, Idaho, and spent childhood in Spokane, Washington. In 1933 traveled to Japan with family where father became ill and died. Attended school in Japan for three years and then returned to Spokane in 1936 and worked on a farm. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for military service but failed the medical examination. During the war, took brief trips to Manzanar concentration camp, California, a camp in Arkansas, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war worked as a painter of large signs in Spokane."},{"id":"626","model":"narrator","index":"17 667/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/626/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/626/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nrobert.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nrobert.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/626/interviews/"},"display_name":"Robert A. Nakamura","bio":"Nisei/Sansei male. Born July 5, 1936, in Venice, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Denver before returning to Los Angeles. After the war, became a pioneering filmmaker. Founder of Visual Communications, the oldest community-based media arts center in the United States. Along with wife Karen Ishizuka, founded the Media Arts Center of the Japanese American National Museum."},{"id":"826","model":"narrator","index":"18 668/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/826/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/826/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mcharlie.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mcharlie.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/826/interviews/"},"display_name":"Charlie Matsubara","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 3, 1920, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. When World War II broke out, Charlie stayed in California with his brother to help take care of property and belongings while the rest of the family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Charlie and his brother were then sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Charlie later left camp to join his family in New Mexico."},{"id":"978","model":"narrator","index":"19 669/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/978/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/978/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-486_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-486_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/978/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ron Osajima","bio":"Nisei-Sansei male. Born July 8, 1935, in Gardena, California. Spent childhood in Gardena, where father had a wholesale produce business. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Returned to Southern California after leaving camp, living briefly in a hostel set up at the Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Moved to Boyle Heights, where he attended school. Graduated from UCLA and established a career in computer software development."},{"id":"510","model":"narrator","index":"20 670/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/510/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/510/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/uhank.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/uhank.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/510/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hank Shozo Umemoto","bio":"Nisei male. Born October 12, 1928, in Florin, California, a small community outside of Sacramento, California. Lost father at an early age, and was raised primarily by older brother. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, snuck out of camp to spend time in the surrounding hillside. After leaving camp, returned to California and finished high school. Notably, refused to accept on principle the redress payments made to Japanese Americans in the 1980s."},{"id":"378","model":"narrator","index":"21 671/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/378/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/378/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mtakeshi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mtakeshi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/378/interviews/"},"display_name":"Takeshi Minato","bio":"Nisei male. Born July 13, 1922, in Park City, Utah. Family moved several times prior to World War II, and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. After the war, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, and Seabrook, New Jersey, before volunteering for the army. Eventually returned to California."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-128","model":"entity","index":"22 672/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-128/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-128/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bpaul-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bpaul-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Paul Bannai Interview I","description":"Nisei male. Born July 4, 1920 in Delta, Colorado. Grew up in small mining and farming towns in Colorado, Utah and Arizona, until his family moved to Boyle Heights in the Los Angeles, California area. After graduating from high school, he tested discrimination and employment practices and eventually succeeded in obtaining a job at a bank. During World War II, his family was held in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Mr. Bannai joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and was later transferred to the U.S. Military Intelligence Service. He served in New Guinea and elsewhere overseas, was an interpreter for the Allied Translator and Interpreter Service (ATIS), and interpreted at the surrender of Japanese forces at ceremonies in Indonesia. Married and eventually resettled in Gardena, California, where he worked in the floral industry before founding the Bannai Realty and Insurance Company. An extremely active community and civic volunteer, Mr. Bannai joined the Elks Club as well as many veterans' and other organizations. He was elected to the Gardena city council in 1972, and in 1973 was elected to the California State Legislature. In 1980, Mr. Bannai became the executive director of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC). In 1981, he was appointed chief director of the Memorial Affairs Department of the Veterans Administration by President Ronald Reagan.","extent":"02:27:06","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-128","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":123,"namepart":"Paul Bannai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0099c15","namepart":"Bannai, Paul Takeo"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 28, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Paul Bannai narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Bannai, Paul Takeo 88922nr0099c15","download_large":"denshovh-bpaul-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-150","model":"entity","index":"23 673/{'value': 689, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-150/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-150/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bpaul-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bpaul-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Paul Bannai Interview II","description":"Nisei male. Born July 4, 1920 in Delta, Colorado. Grew up in small mining and farming towns in Colorado, Utah and Arizona, until his family moved to Boyle Heights in the Los Angeles, California area. After graduating from high school, he tested discrimination and employment practices and eventually succeeded in obtaining a job at a bank. During World War II, his family was held in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Mr. Bannai joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and was later transferred to the U.S. Military Intelligence Service. He served in New Guinea and elsewhere overseas, was an interpreter for the Allied Translator and Interpreter Service (ATIS), and interpreted at the surrender of Japanese forces at ceremonies in Indonesia. Married and eventually resettled in Gardena, California, where he worked in the floral industry before founding the Bannai Realty and Insurance Company. An extremely active community and civic volunteer, Mr. Bannai joined the Elks Club as well as many veterans' and other organizations. He was elected to the Gardena city council in 1972, and in 1973 was elected to the California State Legislature. In 1980, Mr. Bannai became the executive director of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC). 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This video includes scenes from the 30-minute drama, and interviews from the companion video on the making of Stand Up for Justice, a film based on the true story of a Mexican American high school student who stood up for his Japanese American friends during WWII—by choosing to live in confinement with them at Manzanar concentration camp.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Densho Resource Guide</a> at: <a href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Stand%20Up%20For%20Justice:%20The%20Ralph%20Lazo%20Story%20(film)/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stand Up For Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (film)</a>.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/digital-library-of-japanese-american-incarceration-films\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films</a> at: <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-86</a>.","extent":"00:33:00","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-86","creators":[{"role":"Director","namepart":"Esaki, John"}],"topics":[{"term":"Identity and values -- Children","id":"509"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps","id":"65"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"motion_picture","facility":[{"term":"Manzanar","id":"7"}],"creation":"2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Esaki, John Director","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-86-mezzanine-f254c133eb-a.jpg"}],"query":{"query":{"query_string":{"query":"Manzanar concentration camp","fields":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"],"analyze_wildcard":false,"allow_leading_wildcard":false,"default_operator":"AND"}},"aggs":{"facility":{"nested":{"path":"facility"},"aggs":{"facility_ids":{"terms":{"field":"facility.id","size":1000}}}},"format":{"terms":{"field":"format"}},"genre":{"terms":{"field":"genre"}},"rights":{"terms":{"field":"rights"}},"topics":{"nested":{"path":"topics"},"aggs":{"topics_ids":{"terms":{"field":"topics.id","size":1000}}}}},"_source":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"]}}