Day of Independence

27m
DramaFamilyHistory
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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.

Cast

Derek Mio
Zip
Marcus Toji
Hog
Alan Muraoka
Father
Keiko Kawashima
Mother
Chris Tashima
The Umpire
Gina Hiraizumi
Rose
Ulysses Lee
Tad
Jon Okui
Satch
Diana Toshiko
Betty
Sarah Chang
Sadie

Crew

Chris Tashima
Director, Co-Writer
Tim Toyama
Co-Writer, Executive Producer
Aaron Yamamoto
Editor
Stacy Toyama
Director of Photography
Chris Donahue
Executive Producer
Lisa Onodera
Producer
Pablo Miralles
Co-Producer
Lu Cien Hioe
Line Producer
Akeime Mitterlehner
Production Design
Naomi Yoshida Rodriguez
Costume Design
Scott Nagatani
Music
Timo Chen
Music

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