Documentaries

av San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 8 of 10 ; interview with Dale Minami and Karen Kai, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1629)

Sansei lawyers Karen Kai and Dale Minami discuss the importance of redress, the reactions to winning the Korematsu case, and their thoughts on their work. Video starts at 0:43. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 108, II SF CT #8, 8-9-85, SF Court. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1630/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1629/

av William Kochiyama and Robert H. Foote driving to and walking around a Cornell university farm (ddr-densho-1007-1518)

Foote was a professor at Cornell at the time. Original title: 23, II NY #2, 6-5-85

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1518/

doc Yukio Kawamoto interview notes (ddr-densho-1007-911)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-911/

av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 5 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1706)

Saiki discusses what he wants Sansei and Americans in general to know about internment and the importance of being "bicultural". Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 219, II JA #45, Barry Saiki, Sun. Feb. 2

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1706/

doc Monroe Sweetland notes (ddr-densho-1007-1000)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1000/

av Interview with Yukio Kawamoto, part 6 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1550)

Kawamoto discusses post-war occupation of Japan, work with the military tribunal & ATIS, working for the US government at home, and the decision to volunteer. Video starts at 0:50. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II NY #34, 6-85, Kawamoto.. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1551/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1550/

img Portrait of Chizuko (ddr-densho-1007-1306)

Negative. Marked with X on contact sheet. Last name unknown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1306/

av Interview with Nobuo Yamashita, part 5 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1780)

Nobuo briefly discusses his encounter with a geisha. Interview ends at 2:25; rest of tape is b-roll of a list of soldiers in Company B and photos/immigration documents presumably from the Yamashita family. Original title: II LA #58, 7-26-85, Yamashita V

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1780/

img Loni and cameraman (ddr-densho-1007-1180)

Negative.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1180/

av Interview with Moose (John) Fujikawa, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1584)

Fujikawa discusses the Japanese surrender, post-war Japan, returning from the war, and meeting his son upon return. Video starts at 0:29. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #11, Fujikawa III, 7-23-85. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1585/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1584/

av Tom Sakamoto b-roll, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1647)

Stills from photo albums of Tom Sakamoto, mostly pictures from service. Loni Ding and a cameraman can be heard discussing the photos in the background. Original title: 132, II SJ #39, 8-18-85, Sakamoto Albums. B-roll continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1648/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1647/

img Loni Ding and camera crew (ddr-densho-1007-1173)

Negative. Likely taken in Japan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1173/

av Pre-war house footage, part 7 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1739)

B-roll: shoes, wallpaper, shrine. Original title: 82B, II TB-7, Reel #7, 6/27/87. Footage continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1740/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1739/

doc Iwao Yamaguchi interviewee form and notes (ddr-densho-1007-1127)

Used for the film Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1127/

av Interview with Yukio Kawamoto, part 1 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1545)

Kawamoto discusses his childhood in Berkeley, his high school colleauges, Pearl Harbor, being drafted, and trying to get a job pre-war. Video starts at 1:01. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 47, II NY #29, 6-85, Kawamoto. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1546/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1545/

img Loni Ding, William Kochiyama, Robert H. Foote and one other (ddr-densho-1007-1354)

Negative. Taken during filming for The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1354/

av Interview with Henry (Hank) Gosho, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1769)

Gosho discusses being recruited for Merrill's Marauders, serving in Burma, his first battle against Japanese troops, capturing a Japanese field hospital, and the difficulty of convincing Japanese soldiers to surrender. Interview starts at 1:13. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions. Original title: 22, Hank Gosho interview, 4-7-83

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1769/

doc Fog Drive notes (ddr-densho-1007-1423)

Likely for Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1423/

doc Loni Ding Nisei Soldier edit logs (ddr-densho-1007-1408)

Page 23 dated as November 16, 1983. Dates of other pages unspecified. Includes one smaller page of additional notes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1408/

doc Honolulu Star Bulletin and Advertiser review of Nisei Soldier (ddr-densho-1007-1492)

Author unknown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1492/

img UCLA interviewees group photo (ddr-densho-1007-1147)

Negative. Top row: Paul Minerich. Middle row: unknown, Kenjiro Hayakawa, Lisa Nomiyama, Tim Nomiyama, unknown, Masao Kataoka. Bottom row: Gary Itano, Grace Itano, unknown. Taken during interviews for The Color of Honor at UCLA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1147/

av Interview with Hideko Seo, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1536)

Seo discusses the life and death of her brother and wartime deaths more generally. Audio starts at 0:53. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 40, II NY #20, 6-85, Hideko Seo. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1537/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1536/