List of films about the internment of Japanese Americans

Feature films about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans include:

Feature films American Pastime (2007) Focuses on internees' use of baseball as a source of entertainment while living in camp Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) Come See the Paradise (1990) Follows an interracial family separated by the wartime incarceration program Day of Independence (2003) A Nisei teen immerses himself in baseball after his parents decide to return to Japan rather than remain in camp in the U.S. Farewell to Manzanar (1976) Made-for-television adaptation of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's memoirs of her time in the Manzanar internment camp Forgotten Valor (2001) Written and directed by Lane Nishikawa, a Nisei veteran remembers his experiences during World War II Go for Broke! (1951) Based on the real-life story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated army unit of Japanese American men, many of whom served while their families were incarcerated on the home front Go for Broke: An Origin Story (2018) Follows a group of University of Hawaii ROTC students during the tumultuous year after the attack on Pearl Harbor, as they navigate wartime Hawaii and fight discrimination. Adaptation of the comic book by Stacey Hayashi Hell to Eternity (1960) Biopic about Guy Gabaldon, a Mexican American Marine who was adopted by a Japanese American family at age 12 and went on to serve in World War II while his adoptive family was interned in Manzanar If Tomorrow Comes (1971) Made-for-TV movie following the romance between a Nisei man and a white woman at the start of World War IIBrian Niiya, "If Tomorrow Comes" Densho Encyclopedia 99 Years of Love 〜Japanese Americans〜 (2010) Kommando 1944 (2018) The Last Bugle (2025) Web series based on the Japanese American 442nd Only the Brave (2006) Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) Adaptation of the novel by David Guterson Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (2004) Strawberry Fields (1997) The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005) Under the Blood Red Sun (2014) A 13 yr old Japanese boy faces monumental adversity in 1941 Hawaii, when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Adaptation of the novel by Graham Salisbury

Documentary films TitleRelease YearProducer(s)442: For the Future1997Patricia Kinaga442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity2010Junichi SuzukiAfter Silence: Civil Rights and the Japanese American Experience2003Louis SheltonAll We Could Carry2011Steven OkazakiAmerica at Its Best: Legacy of Two Nisei Patriots2001Vince Matsuidaira, Nisei Veterans Committee of SeattleAnd Then They Came for Us2017Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider (filmmaker)The Art of Gaman: The Story Behind the Objects2010Rick QuanBeyond Barbed Wire1997Steve Rosen, Terri DeBonoCamp Amache: The Story of an American Tragedy 2007Don and Sandy DexterThe Cats of Mirikitani2006Linda HattendorfCaught in Between: What to Call Home in Times of War2004Lina HoshinoA Challenge to Democracy1943ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 90662019Jon Osaki and Lauren KawanaChildren of the Camps1999Citizen Tanouye2005Robert Horsting, Craig YahataThe Color of Honor: The Japanese American Soldier in WWII1987Loni DingConscience and the Constitution 2000Frank AbeDays of Waiting1990Steven OkazakiDear Miss Breed2000Veronica KoDemocracy Under Pressure: Japanese Americans and World War II2000Jeffrey S. BettsA Divided Community2012Momo YashimaDouble Solitaire1997Corey OhamaEmi1979Frank Nesbitt, Michael Toshiyuki OnoEncounter with the Past: American Japanese Internment in World War II1980Tak ShindoEnemy Alien2011Konrad AdererThe Empty Chair2014Greg ChaneyFamily Gathering1988Farewell to Manzanar1973A Flicker in Eternity2013Ann Kaneko, Sharon YamatoForced Out: Internment and the Enduring Damage to California Cities and Towns2003KVIEForsaken Fields2001Midori SperandeoFrom a Silk Cocoon2006Satsuki InaFumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol2009Lucy OstranderFurusato: The Lost Village of Terminal Island2005David MeltzerGila River and Mama: The Ruth Mix Story2011Claire MixGuilty by Reason of Race1972NBCHeart Mountain: Three Years in an Internment Camp1994Dianne FukamiHidden Internment: The Art Shibayama Story2004Casey Peek, Irum ShiekhHistory and Memory: For Akiko and Takashige1992Rea TajiriThe Idaho Homefront: Of Camps and Combat2007Jim PeckIn Time Of War2004Andrea PalpantInteractions2000Justin LinJapanese Relocation1942Office of War InformationJimmy Murakami—Enemy Alien2010Sé Merry DoyleJustice Betrayed1992Gordon Lee, Honolulu JACLThe Legacy of Heart Mountain2014David Ono and Jeff MacIntyreLife Interrupted: Reunion and Remembrance in Arkansas2006Japanese American National MuseumManzanar1972Robert A. NakamuraManzanar Fishing Club2012Cory ShiozakiMeeting at Tule Lake1994Scott T. TsuchitaniMost Honorable Son2007Bill KubotaThe Music Man of Manzanar2005Brian T. MaedaNebraska's Nisei1998University of NebraskaThe Nisei: The Pride and the Shame1965CBSNisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People1983Loni DingOf Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story2000Eric Paul FournierPassing Poston2008Joe FoxA Personal Matter: Gordon Hirabayashi vs. the United States1992John de GraafPilgrimage2006Tad NakamuraPrejudice and Patriotism: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in the Military Intelligence Service of WWII1998Prisoners and Patriots: The Untold Story of Japanese Internment in Santa Fe2011Neil H. SimonRabbit in the Moon1999Emiko OmoriRelocation, Arkansas2015Vivienne SchifferRemembering Manzanar2004National Park ServiceRescued By Fate2014Christopher HK LeeReturn to the Valley: Japanese American Experience After WWII2003Scott GracheffSearchlight Serenade2012Claire ReynoldsShikata Ga Nai: An Inconvenient American2019Lauren YanaseThe Silent Glory2000Zed MerrillSomething Strong Within1994Japanese American National MuseumStand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story2004John EsakiTake Me Home: A Child's Experience of Internment2005David Tanner, Andrea PalpantTanforan: From Race Track to Assembly Center1994Dianne FukamiTime of Fear2004Sue WilliamsTo Be Takei2014Topaz1945Topaz1988KUEDToyo's Camera: Japanese American History During WWII2009Junichi SuzukiUnfinished Business1985Steven OkazakiThe Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i2012Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘iWhen You're Smiling: The Deadly Legacy of Internment1999Janice D. TanakaWinter in My Soul1986Bob Nellis, KTWOWithout Due Process: A Documentary about America's Concentration Camps2001Brian BeanblossomValor With Honor2008Burt TakeuchiVisible Target1985Cris Anderson, John de GraafYankee Samurai1985Katriel SchoryYuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice1993Pat Saunders, Rea Tajiri

See also List of documentary films about the Japanese American internment

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