Day of Independence
- Released on
- Runtime
- 27 mins
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.
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
- Marcus Toji
- Alan Muraoka
- Keiko Kawashima
- Chris Tashima
- Gina Hiraizumi
- Ulysses Lee
- Jon Okui
- Diana Toshiko
- Sarah Chang
Director
- Chris Tashima
Producers
- Lisa Onodera