Documentaries

av Ueno Park b-roll, part 2 of (ddr-densho-1007-1728)

Footage filmed at Ueno Park in Tokyo. Original title: 235, II JA #67, Ueno Park, Mon. Feb. 3

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1728/

av Ishii family b-roll (ddr-densho-1007-1571)

No audio, video starts at 0:46. B-roll of various pictures belonging to the Ishiis, several of Chris' service. Original title: 68, II NY #55, Ishii, Ishii Family Pix

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1571/

doc Jim Masaru Ariyasu interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-965)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-965/

av San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 6 of 10; interview with Dale Minami and Karen Kai, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1627)

Sansei lawyers Karen Kai and Dale Minami discuss their family's reluctance to talk about the war, redress legislation, working on the Korematsu case, the coram nobis petition, and the Gordon Hirabayashi and Minoru Yasui cases. Video starts at 0:49. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 106, II SF CT #6, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1627/

img Loni Ding, Yukio Kawamoto, cameraman (ddr-densho-1007-1350)

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1350/

av Yukio Kawamoto b-roll part 2 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1554)

B-roll of various wartime pictures, including Kawamoto's parents in camp. Also includes Kawamoto's dog tags from his service. No sound, video starts at 0:49. Original title: 54, II NY #38, 6-85, Yukio's photos, dog tag, etc.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1554/

av Yukio Kawamoto b-roll part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1553)

B-roll of various wartime and family pictures, presumably from Kawamoto's albums. No sound. Video starts at 0:57. Original title: 53, II NY #37, 6-85, Kawamoto pix. B-roll continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1554/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1553/

av Interview with John Kaneko, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1760)

Kaneko discusses arriving at Tule Lake, his first impressions of camp, his difficulty meeting people in camp, draft registration/the loyalty questionnaire and the conflict it caused, his father encouraging him to register for the draft, his refusal to register, his arrest and interrogation, and being sent to a CCC camp and forced to work. Interview starts …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1760/

av Interview with Paul Minerich, Tim Nomiyama, Masao Kataoka, and Kenjiro Hayakawa, part 3 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1800)

From left to right: Minerich, Nomiyama, Kataoka, Hayakawa. Kataoka discusses being a soldier when evacuation started, the interment of his wife, and the relationship between Kibei and Nisei soldiers. Kataoka and Nomiyama discuss how they met. Nomiyama discusses when he decided to refuse to serve, being called a traitor when he left Japan, returning to the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1800/

img Contact sheet printout & envelope (ddr-densho-1007-1363)

Contains negatives ddr-densho-1007-1341 through ddr-densho-1007-1362, along with several others for which the actual negatives were not available for scanning. Originally in an envelope addressed to Loni Ding and labeled "FOOTE KOCHIYAMA CONTACTS BY NING"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1363/

img Frank S. Emi at desk (ddr-densho-1007-1157)

Negative. This interview appears in Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1157/

av Interview with Chris Ishii, part 4 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1558)

Ishii discusses his mother gaining US citizenship, returning to work at Disney after the war, other animation work, detention at Santa Anita, the L'il Neebo comic strip, the MIS gopher mascot, and his political beliefs. Video starts at 0:55. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 57, II NY #42, 6-85, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1558/

doc Yoshikatsu (Yosh) Nakayama interview notes (ddr-densho-1007-967)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-967/

av Interview with Kazuko Iijima, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1532)

Iijima discusses her parents and siblings, their expectations, growing up poor in Oakland, and discrimination. Particular emphasis on her mother, who died when Kazuko was young. Video starts at 0:56. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 37, II NY #16, 6-85, Kazuko Iijima. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1533/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1532/

av Kanegai family dinner and Moose (John) Fujikawa interview, part 1 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1582)

Footage of the Kanegai family eating in their backyard. Unscripted. The younger mustached man is Bruce Kanegai; the older man to his right is his father George. Video starts at 0:29. Interview with Fujikawa starts at 10:44. Fujikawa talks about his childhood in LA, his decision not to go to college, his reaction to Pearl Harbor, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1582/

doc Fred V. Adam interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-1124)

Used for the film Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1124/

av Exterior footage at Tokyo Station, part 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1722)

Footage of Harry Fukuhara walking around and taking a train from Tokyo Station. Also includes b-roll of views from the train and the surrounding area. Loni Ding can be heard directing. Original title: 229, II JA #61, Tokyo Station, Fri. Feb. 7

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1722/

av Exterior footage in Tokyo; taiko performance, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1723)

Footage of Harry Fukuhara walking around Tokyo. Footage of taiko setup and performance starts at 1:35. Performers are Kenny and Chizuko, married couple, last names unknown - interviewed in objects ddr-densho-1007-1717 to 1720. Original title: 230, II JA #62, Tokyo Station, taiko, Fri. Feb. 7. Taiko performance continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1724/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1723/

doc Walter Tanaka interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-996)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-996/

av Interview with Arthur (Art) Morimitsu, part 4 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1752)

Morimitsu discusses the difficulty of getting promoted in the MIS and his time in Burma. Video starts at 0:17. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 61B, II VFW #4, VFW - LA, Art Morimitsu, Feb. 15, 1987. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1753/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1752/

img Kenny and Chizuko performing taiko (ddr-densho-1007-1212)

Negative. Kenny and Chizuko Endo

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1212/

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