Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray (film)
Documentary film on photographer Toyo Miyatake , directed by Robert A. Nakamura for the Japanese American National Museum in 2001. Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray traces Miyatake's various identities as Little Tokyo studio photographer of portraits, weddings, and other events before and after the war; prewar art photographer; and surreptitious chronicler of incarceration during World War II. The film is an expansion of Nakamura's earlier documentary on Miyatake, The Brighter Side of Dark: Toyo Miyatake, 1895–1979 . Among its awards are a CINE Gold Eagle and the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short at the Florida Film Festival; it was also an official selection of the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.
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| Release Date | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 28 minutes |
| Director | Robert A. Nakamura |
| Producer | Karen L. Ishizuka |
| Starring | Hirokazu Kosaka (interviewee), Archie Miyatake (interviewee), Karin Higa (interviewee), Yoshiko Sakurai (interviewee), Lily Okura (interviewee), Dennis Reed (interviewee), Harry Hayashida (interviewee) |
| Music | David Iwataki |
| Cinematography | John Esaki |
| Editing | Gail Yasunaga |
| Studio | Japanese American National Museum |
| IMDB Link | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303405/ |
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Streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siKsiWGH73A&list=PLYnGMFWDDhtgcjfLudYb6WiehffjUgDph&index=55
Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray at Japanese American National Museum website. http://janmstore.com/230410.html .