Day of Independence (2003)
27m
Running Time
September 26, 2003
Release Date
Day of Independence (2003)
27m
Running Time
September 26, 2003
Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Derek Mio
Zip
Marcus Toji
Hog
Alan Muraoka
Father
Keiko Kawashima
Mother
Chris Tashima
The Umpire / Director / Co-Writer
Gina Hiraizumi
Rose
Ulysses Lee
Tad
Jon Okui
Satch
Diana Toshiko
Betty
Sarah Chang
Sadie
Lisa Onodera
Producer
Sarah Chang
Sadie
Tim Toyama
Co-Writer / Executive Producer
Stacy Toyama
Director of Photography
Aaron Yamamoto
Editor
Akeime Mitterlehner
Production Design
Scott Nagatani
Music
Naomi Yoshida Rodriguez
Costume Design
Timo Chen
Music
Pablo Miralles
Co-Producer
Lu Cien Hioe
Line Producer
Chris Donahue
Executive Producer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
baseball
world war ii
east asian lead
japanese american
japanese american internment
nisei
short
Wiki.
Day of Independence is a 2003 short film, broadcast in 2005 as a half-hour PBS television special. It is a drama, set during the Japanese American internment of World War II, produced by Cedar Grove Productions with Visual Communications as fiscal sponsor.