Day of Independence
“A desert. A baseball diamond. A friendship. America, 1943.”
2003•27m•10.0•Released
DramaFamilyHistory
Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.
Director
Chris Tashima
Studio
Cedar Grove Productions
Cast
Derek Mio
Zip
Marcus Toji
Hog
Alan Muraoka
Father
Keiko Kawashima
Mother
Chris Tashima
The Umpire
Gina Hirazumi
Rose
Ulysses Lee
Tad
Jon Okui
Satch
Diana Toshiko
Betty
Sarah Chang
Sadie
Production
Company
Cedar Grove Productions
Producer
Lisa Onodera
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