Who's going to pay for these donuts anyway? / a film by Janice Tanaka.

Chronicles the filmmaker's personal search for her father, whom she had not seen since age three. She finds him in a halfway house for the chronically mentally ill in Los Angeles' Skid Row. As a young man, he had been arrested by the FBI for opposing the Japanese-American internment and diagnosed as...

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Corporate Authors: Center for Asian American Media, Fo Fum Productions
Language:English
Japanese
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Japanese with English voiceovers.
Published: ©1992
Subjects:
Tanaka, Janice > Family.
Tanaka, Janice.
1939-1945
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Psychological aspects.
Fathers and daughters > California > Los Angeles.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > United States > Psychological aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Psychological aspects.
Japanese American families.
Nazi concentration camps > Psychological aspects.
Families.
Fathers and daughters.
Japanese Americans.
Psychological aspects.
Internment camps > Psychological aspects.
California > Los Angeles.
United States.
Motion pictures, Japanese language.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Motion pictures, Japanese language.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (58 minutes) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
Chronicles the filmmaker's personal search for her father, whom she had not seen since age three. She finds him in a halfway house for the chronically mentally ill in Los Angeles' Skid Row. As a young man, he had been arrested by the FBI for opposing the Japanese-American internment and diagnosed as a schizophrenic: clear evidence of the profound effect of the Japanese-American internment on generations of individuals. The film also serves as a wrenching portrait of a reunited father and daughter.
Note:Originally produced as motion picture in 1992 by Fo Fum Productions.
Call Number:D769.8.A6 W56 2012 VideoDVD
Credits:Video editors, Suzanne Mitus-Uribe, Janice Tanaka ; original music, Douglas Lofstrom.
System Details:DVD-R.
Participant or Performer:
On-camera participants: David Gallardo, Rebecca Gallardo, Thomas Heidank, Tetsu Hitomi, Jack Koto Tanaka Sr. & family, Janice Tanaka, Jean Tanaka, Togo Tanaka, Gilbert Walton ; Narration/voiceover, Nancy Penn, R.D. Rathbone, Michael Shibata, Samuel Spade, Ken Takemoto, Lawrence Talbot, Janice Tanaka, Robert Yamate, Nelson Yamaguchi.