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The film includes four main sections. The first looks at Zenimura's prewar baseball exploits, and by extension, Japanese American baseball in general, featuring interviews with those who played with or against him. The next focuses on the World War II incarceration that saw Zenimura and his family sent to the Gila River, Arizona, concentration camp, where he famously built a baseball field. Next, the film looks at the postwar phenomenon of Nisei players going to Japan and becoming stars in the Japanese major leagues, focusing on the most prominent such player, Wally Yonamine. The final segment sees Zenimura's son Howard returning to the site of the\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Gila_River\" title=\"Gila River\">\n Gila River\n </a>\n camp and visiting the location of the former barracks and of the baseball field. Actor Noriyuki \"Pat\" Morita serves as the film's host and narrator, and appears on camera in various locations, including Gila River.\n </p>\n <p>\n <i>\n Diamonds in the Rough\n </i>\n was a product of the Nisei Baseball Research Project and was made by Chip Taylor Communications. A number of the interviews—including one with Zenimura's widow, Kiyoko, and with Yonamine—were conducted in Japanese, with Morita providing voiceover in English.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n <b>\n Authored by\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n Brian Niiya\n </a>\n , Densho\n </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n Might also like\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/American Pastime (film)/\" title=\"American Pastime (film)\">\n American Pastime\n </a>\n </i>\n (2007);\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Day of Independence (film)/\" title=\"Day of Independence (film)\">\n Day of Independence\n </a>\n </i>\n (2003);\n <i>\n Top of Their Game\n </i>\n (2000)\n </p>\n <div class=\"section\" id=\"For_Information\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_Information\">\n For Information\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n Nisei Baseball Research Project website:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.niseibaseball.com/store.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.niseibaseball.com/store.htm\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n Chip Taylor Communictions website:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.chiptaylor.com/ttlmnp2479-.cfm\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.chiptaylor.com/ttlmnp2479-.cfm\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n Kanopy Streaming link:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.kanopystreaming.com/product/diamonds-rough\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://www.kanopystreaming.com/product/diamonds-rough\n </a>\n </p>\n <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20230613175325\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.017 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.023 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 377/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 9545/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 2875/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 4/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 0/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00% 8.885 1 -total\n 27.50% 2.443 1 Template:Databox-Films\n 26.20% 2.328 1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 15.13% 1.344 1 Template:Published\n 14.89% 1.323 1 Template:AuthorByline\n 14.38% 1.277 1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:3199-0!canonical and timestamp 20230613175325 and revision id 28418\n -->\n </div>\n </div>\n</div>\n"
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