Documentaries

av Conversation between Eric Saul and John Burden; Shig Kihara on Caucasian officers and Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-1007-1787)

Saul and Burden discuss Burden's knowledge of Japanese and Burden's relationship with Japanese people in Japan and on Maui. Kihara discusses why the Pentagon wanted Caucasian officers leading Nisei in Japan, the relationships between Caucasian officers and Nisei soldiers (with examples), and a few stories about Judge Eugene Wright. Original title: II B/K #5, Burden/Kihara tape …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1787/

av Interview with George Kanegai (ddr-densho-1007-1581)

Kanegai discusses his time at the MISLS, serving overseas in Australia with ATIS, and the sinking of two Japanese submarines in Dutch Harbor. Video starts at 0:29. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Significant wind noise. Original title: II LA #8, Kanegai III Car Interview, wind problem, 7-23-85

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1581/

doc List of check donations for The Color of Honor (ddr-densho-1007-1483)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1483/

av San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 4 of 10 (ddr-densho-1007-1625)

Close-ups, inserts, and rear shots of Sansei lawyers Dale Minami and Karen Kai seated in the San Francisco courthouse. Original title: 104, II SF CT #4, 8-9-85, SF Court. Footage continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1626/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1625/

doc Interview subjects for The Color of Honor (ddr-densho-1007-1470)

Includes brief descriptions and contact information for each interviewee. Seems to have been written after interviews were filmed.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1470/

img Yukio Kawamoto, Loni in background (ddr-densho-1007-1342)

Negative. The interview being filmed here was used in the film Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1342/

av Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1593)

This tape exclusively features Ken Akune, who discusses a confrontation he had with a racist sergeant, the propaganda he helped create in China/Burma/India, and the relationship between US soldiers and Japanese prisoners of war. Video starts at 0:29. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 79, II LA #20, 7-24-85, Ken …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1593/

av Interview with Don Oka, Steve Yagi, and Shigeo Ito, part 4 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1620)

Oka on the left, Yagi in the center, and Ito on the right. The three discuss their service in the Pacific. Ito and Yagi talk about their families' internment in Poston. Video starts at 0:25. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #50, 7-26-85, Oka, Yagi, Ito IV. Interview …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1620/

av Japanese diaries and photos of Nisei, narrated by Eric (ddr-densho-1007-1656)

Shots of Japanese diaries captured during the war, narrated by Eric (likely Eric Saul of the Presidio Army Museum), who discusses the diaries and the impact they had on the Nisei soldiers who translated them. He does the same for photos of Japanese Americans before, during, and after the war. Original title: 141, II B/K #11, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1656/

av Interview with Chris Ishii, part 2 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1556)

Ishii discusses his internment in the Amache camp, volunteering for the military, and his childhood as a Nisei. Video starts at 0:57. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 55, II NY #40, 6-85, Ishii. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1557/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1556/

doc Color of Honor revision worksheet (ddr-densho-1007-1057)

Distinct from ddr-densho-1007-1054.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1057/

av Interview with Jim Ariyasu, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1596)

Ariyasu discusses going to school to become a commissioned officer, his dreams of becoming a surgeon, his mother's health issues during his childhood, and the Japanese language testing he did upon joining the military. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 82, II LA #23, 7-24-85, Jim Ariyasu Interview II. Interview …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1596/

doc Chet Tanaka voiceover notes for Nisei Soldier (ddr-densho-1007-1428)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1428/

av Tokyo b-roll: exterior shots (ddr-densho-1007-1729)

Exterior shots: driving around, Yasukuni shrine, folks walking around, statues. Original title: 236, II JA #68, Ueno Park, Mon. Feb. 3

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1729/

av Interview with Clarence Matsumura, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1772)

Matsumura discusses stumbling across Dachau near the end of the war, finding and rehabilitating concentration camp survivors in Waakirchen, pursuing the German military towards Berchtesgaden and then Berlin, Germany surrendering, the end of the war, and leaving the military. Interview starts at 0:50. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: II …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1772/

av Interview with Akiko, Brian Yamakoshi, Kenny and Chizuko, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1718)

Brian Yamakoshi discusses his reasons for playing koto, his feelings on the art form, and his approach to the instrument. Kenny discusses his experience playing taiko, his first time hearing Japanese drums, his time on an indigenous American reservation, growing up in La Habra, CA, and how time spent at a pueblo encouraged him to learn …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1718/

av Interview with Ray Aka, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1689)

Aka discusses the role of Nisei in the occupation of Japan, his work with natural disaster aid in occupied Japan, and the nuances of translation work after the war. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 200, II JA #23, Ray Aka, Feb. 1, 1986, has some distorted audio. Interview continues …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1689/

doc National Archives film order (ddr-densho-1007-1117)

Letter included. Materials ordered for Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1117/

av Interview with Harry Fukuhara, part 6 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1637)

Fukuhara discusses the reasons why some Nisei did not join the military, why he volunteered, his feelings on incarceration, and discrimination he faced in the US. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Video ends at 20:00. Original title: 123, II SJ #29, 8-17-85, Harry's House SJ

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1637/

av Interview with William Kochiyama, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1523)

Kochiyama discusses the 442nd, particularly the rescue of the Lost Battalion. Also talks about draft resisters. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Video starts at 1:21. Original title: 28, II NY #7, 6-5-84. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1524/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1523/

img Yukio Kawamoto and Jacob Herzog (ddr-densho-1007-1348)

Negative.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1348/

av Interview with Gary and Grace Itano, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1806)

Grace discusses working with her husband-to-be before the war, her husband asking for a divorce (knowing that he would be imprisoned for refusing to serve), her husband Henry's reasons for refusing to serve, her husband's family preventing him from going to college, trying and failing to live outside of camp in Arizona, evacuation and closing her …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1806/

doc LA interview plans (ddr-densho-1007-960)

Schedule and locations for interviews conducted by Loni Ding in LA in July 1985. These interviews were used in the film Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-960/

av Interview with Harry Akune, part 4 of 4; balcony conversation (ddr-densho-1007-1603)

Akune discusses a combat jump he performed on Corregidor Island, his time with the 503rd Infantry Regiment, receiving a parachutist badge, and returning from the war. Video starts at 0:30, interview ends at 17:31. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Rest of tape is footage of Harry and Ken Akune, George Kanegai, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1603/

av Watsonville Issei Singers B-roll; piano and vocal performances (ddr-densho-1007-1659)

Includes footage of two solo songs by Issei women. Original title: 144, II MON #11, 9-9-85, #11, Watsonville Issei

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1659/

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