Documentaries

doc Color of Honor postcard (ddr-densho-1007-1367)

Collage print on front side.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1367/

av Interview with Kazuko Iijima, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1531)

Iijima discusses Hinamatsuri dolls, her childhood in Oakland, the Buddhist church, evacuation, internment at Topaz, and her mother. Video starts at 0:56. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 36, II NY #15, 6-85, Kazuko Iijima. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1532/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1531/

av Chaplain Hiro Higuchi interviewed by Eric Saul, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1763)

Higuchi discusses his relationship with the soldiers of the 442nd, the effect the war had on soldiers, retiring from the army, assisting a woman who had been raped (partially retold by Saul), and going into battle. Saul declares the interview over at 11:20, but the tape continues (may be out of order). This interview was not …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1763/

doc Harry Akune interview notes (ddr-densho-1007-954)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-954/

doc Ben Isamu Kawahata interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-1130)

Used for the film Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1130/

av John Kaneko and father digging; interview with father (ddr-densho-1007-1650)

John Kaneko and his father dig in a field; Loni asks the father about his time in Japan and the US. Original title: 135, II SAC #6, 9-7-85, John & father dig and talk

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1650/

av Interview with Harry Fukuhara, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1700)

Fukuhara discusses the possibility of meeting his brother (who was in the Japanese army) on the battlefield, the mental struggles soldiers faced in Japan, and his thoughts on draft resisters. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 215, II JA #39, Harry Fukuhara, Sun. Feb. 2. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1701/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1700/

doc Letter from Lachlan Sinclair to Loni Ding (ddr-densho-1007-1113)

Mentions possible sources for Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1113/

doc Color of Honor editing notes (ddr-densho-1007-1071)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1071/

img Loni Ding, William Kochiyama, Robert H. Foote and one other (ddr-densho-1007-1355)

Negative. Taken during filming for The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1355/

img Kenny and Chizuko performing taiko (ddr-densho-1007-1208)

Negative. Last names unknown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1208/

av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1702)

Saiki discusses growing up in Stockton, CA, attending UC Berkeley, Pearl Harbor, the start of evacuation and negative press about Nisei during that time, graduating from Berkeley in 1942, entering Stockton Assembly Center, and the arrest and incarceration of his father. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #41, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1702/

doc Nisei Soldier edit logs (ddr-densho-1007-1403)

Spans multiple dates. Multiple annotators included: Mona, Michael Curtin, Marjorie Franklin, Rachel

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1403/

img Chizuko performing taiko (ddr-densho-1007-1195)

Negative. Last name unknown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1195/

doc Notes for Loni Ding (ddr-densho-1007-1486)

Used for Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1486/

doc BAVC edit assembly form (ddr-densho-1007-1051)

For The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1051/

doc Pacific Citizen Nisei Soldier clipping (ddr-densho-1007-1013)

Lists awards won by Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1013/

doc Sound sync notes (ddr-densho-1007-1080)

Likely for Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1080/

av San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 7 of 10; interview with Dale Minami and Karen Kai, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1628)

Sansei lawyers Karen Kai and Dale Minami discuss the stakes of the Korematsu case, why redress legislation took so long, the difficulty camp survivors had talking about their experiences, and the role of Sansei in the fight for redress. Video starts at 0:43. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 107, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1628/

av Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1590)

Ken is on the left, Harry on the right. The two discuss growing up as Nisei, anti-Japanese sentiment in the US, their relationship with their mother, the difference between Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans, Pearl Harbor, their time in internment at Merced and Amache, and their decision to volunteer for the military. Video starts at 0:28. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1590/

av Interview with Sen Nishiyama, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1672)

Nishiyama discusses working with the occupation govnerment, rebuilding telecommunications infrastructure after the war, advocating against the romanization of written Japanese, the laws imposed by the occupation government, and his reaction to Pearl Harbor. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #6, Sen Nishiyama, Fri. Jan. 31, 1986. Interview continues …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1672/

av Tokyo b-roll: train (ddr-densho-1007-1731)

Footage of a train running across a bridge in Tokyo. Original title: 238, II JA #70, Ueno Park, Ueno - Waseda, Takarazuka, Mon. Feb. 3

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1731/

av Interview with Harry Akune, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1755)

Akune tells the story of a jump on Corregidor Island. He tells the same story in another interview in this collection: objects ddr-densho-1007-1600 through ddr-densho-1007-1603. Akune also talks about an argument he had with a captain. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 64B, II VFW #7, VFW - LA, Harry …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1755/

doc Hawaii donors to The Color of Honor (ddr-densho-1007-1475)

Likely the same event as the invite list in ddr-densho-1007-1473.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1475/

av Interview with Arthur (Art) Morimitsu, part 6 of 6; interview with Harry Akune, part 1 of (ddr-densho-1007-1754)

Morimitsu discusses learning about the draft resisters after the war and his sympathy for draft resisters. Interview with Harry Akune starts at 3:58; Akune discusses his service with the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team in the Philippines, the story of a jump gone wrong, his service on Corregidor Island, how he often served alone (versus most …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1754/

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