Yankee Samurai (film)
Israeli produced film on the exploits of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team told through archival footage, interviews, and contemporary footage of battle locations, including scenes of veterans returning to the Vosges Mountains in France for the unveiling of a monument. The 50-minute film was written and directed by Katriel Schory. Film historian Glen M. Mimura refers to it as one of "the two most prominent internment documentaries of the 1980s," along with Loni Ding's The Color of Honor . [1]
Might also like 442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity (2010); Honor Bound: A Personal Journey (1995); Journey of Honor (2001)
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Footnotes
- ↑ Glen M. Mimura, Ghostlife of Third Cinema: Asian American Film and Video (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009), 88.
Media Details
Release Date | 1985 |
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Runtime | 50 minutes |
Director | Katriel Schory |
Producer | Ludi Boeken |
Writer | Katriel Schory |
Cinematography | Daniel Schneor |
Editing | Naomi Press-Aviram |
Studio | Belbo Film Productions in association with Telemedia, Ltd |
Distributor | MPI Home Video |