Documentaries

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 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/

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 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/

av Eric Saul gives John Burden and Shig Kihara a tour of the Presidio Army Museum (ddr-densho-1007-1786)

Burden and Kihara tour the Presidio Army Museum in San Francisco, guided by Eric Saul. Burden discusses weapons he brought back from the war and the equipment he used while serving. Original title: II B/K #4, Nisei Soldier Part 2, 12/18/85

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1786/

av Interview with Masaru Ogawa, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1710)

Ogawa discusses growing up in Hollywood, spending a year in Japan as a child, his experiences with discrimination in high school, attending Japanese classes, being denied from universities for being Japanese, working in Tokyo when the war started, and convincing his parents to move back to Japan in 1941. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1710/

doc Nobuo (Nob) Yamashita interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-974)

Used for the film The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-974/

av Interview with Jacob Herzog, part 5 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1543)

Herzog discusses his experiences with Nisei soldiers in Saipan, his first deployment to Hawaii in 1942, and serving with the 27th Infantry Division. Video starts at 0:53. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 45, II NY #27, 6-85, Herzog. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1544/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1543/

av San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 9 of 10; interview with Dale Minami and Karen Kai, part 5 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1630)

Sansei lawyers Karen Kai and Dale Minami discuss whether they think justice was done in the Korematsu case and what justice would look like. Video starts at 1:01. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Interview ends at 9:53. Rest of tape is footage of Karen and Dale listening to Loni read legislation …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1630/

doc Kazuko Ijima interview notes (ddr-densho-1007-919)

Second of two forms, both partially filled out.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-919/

img Kenny with drum (ddr-densho-1007-1230)

Negative. Last name unknown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1230/

doc Victor H. Abe interviewee form (ddr-densho-1007-1122)

Used for the film Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1122/

img John Fujii on sofa (ddr-densho-1007-1174)

Negative. Taken during an interview for The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1174/

img Robert H. Foote on farm (ddr-densho-1007-1247)

Negative. From a shoot for The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1247/

av Interview with Chris Ishii, part 7 of 7 (ddr-densho-1007-1561)

Ishii discusses raising his children. Video starts at 0:48. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II NY, #45, 6-85, Ishii

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1561/

av Harry Fukuhara b-roll: letters, clippings, photographs (ddr-densho-1007-1732)

Original title: 239, II JA #71, Harry Fukuhara's Articles, Feb. 14, 1985

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1732/

img Loni Ding, Barry Saiki, Harry Fukuhara and one other looking through clippings (ddr-densho-1007-1170)

Negative. Interviews with Fukuhara and Saiki, the latter of which was presumably filmed during this meeting, appear in Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1170/

doc Miscellaneous notes (ddr-densho-1007-879)

Used for the film Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-879/

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 Bruce Kanegai and b-roll (ddr-densho-1007-1580)

Kanegai discusses teaching high school in Simi Valley, working on a yearbook, the hardships his parents faced, and anti-Japanese discrimination. Video starts at 0:29. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. First interview ends at 7:52, second interview starts at 9:18 and ends at 15:45. Rest of tape is b-roll of dojo and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1580/

img Frank S. Emi at desk (ddr-densho-1007-1155)

Negative. This interview appears in Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1155/

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