Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 9
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ddr-densho-122-12-9 (Legacy UID: denshovh-ajim-02-0009)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Mother's suicide as a result of ostracism from Japanese American community postwar
This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.
00:03:11 — Segment 9 of 15
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CONTRIBUTOR
Frank Abe Collection
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Courtesy of Frank Abe
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Densho
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-densho-122-12
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Jim Akutsu Interview
00:43:33 — 15 segments
DATE
August 28, 1993
LOCATION
Seattle, Washington
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born 1920 in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resisted draft, with the rationale that the U.S. government had classified him 4-C, an enemy alien, and he was therefore under no obligation to serve. Imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington. Vocal critic of JACL. Resettled in Seattle, Washington. Thought by some to be the model for the main character in John Okada's No-No Boy. Mr. Akutsu died in 1998.
(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)
PRODUCTION
Frank Abe, interviewer; Frank Chin, interviewer
TOPICS
FACILITY
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Frank Abe Collection
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank Abe
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.