{"id":"Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray (film)","doctype":"articles","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Toyo%20Miyatake:%20Infinite%20Shades%20of%20Gray%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Toyo%20Miyatake:%20Infinite%20Shades%20of%20Gray%20(film)/"},"title_sort":"toyomiyatakeinfiniteshadesofgrayfilm","description":"Documentary film on photographer\n  \n   Toyo Miyatake\n  \n  , directed by Robert A. Nakamura for the\n  \n   Japanese American National Museum\n  \n  in 2001.\n  \n   Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray\n  \n  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,\n  \n\n    The Brighter Side of Dark: Toyo Miyatake, 1895–1979\n   \n\n  . 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Nakamura;\nProducer:Karen L. Ishizuka;\nWriter:;\nScreenplay:;\nStory:;\nBasedOn:;\nNarrator:;\nStarring:Hirokazu Kosaka (interviewee); Archie Miyatake (interviewee); Karin Higa (interviewee); Yoshiko Sakurai (interviewee); Lily Okura (interviewee); Dennis Reed (interviewee); Harry Hayashida (interviewee);;\nMusic:David Iwataki;\nCinematography:John Esaki; Dean Hayasaka;\nEditing:Gail Yasunaga;\nStudio:Japanese American National Museum;\nDistributor:;\nRuntime:28 minutes;\nCountry:;\nLanguage:;\nBudget:;\nGross:;\nIMDBLink:\n   <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303405/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303405/\n   </a>\n   ;\nTrailerLink:;\n  </p>\n </div>\n <div class=\"floatright\">\n </div>\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n  <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n  <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n   <p>\n    RGMediaType:films;\nTitle:Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray;\nCreators:;\nInterestLevel:Grades 9-12; Adult;\nReadingLevel:;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:;\nTheme:Darkness and light; Expression through art; Nature as beauty;\nGenre:;\nPoV:biographic portrait of Issei photographer;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:Widely available;\nFreeWebVersion:Yes;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:;\nDenshoTopic:Arts and literature-Performing arts-Photography [267]; Industry and employment-Photography [366];\nGeography:Los Angeles;\nChronology:1920s to 1970s;\nFacility:Manzanar [7] - Manzanar, California;\n   </p>\n  </div>\n </div>\n <p>\n  Documentary film on photographer\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Toyo_Miyatake\" title=\"Toyo Miyatake\">\n   Toyo Miyatake\n  </a>\n  , directed by Robert A. Nakamura for the\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Japanese_American_National_Museum\" title=\"Japanese American National Museum\">\n   Japanese American National Museum\n  </a>\n  in 2001.\n  <i>\n   Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray\n  </i>\n  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,\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"mw-redirect encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/The_Brighter_Side_of_Dark:_Toyo_Miyatake,_1895%E2%80%931979_(film)\" title=\"The Brighter Side of Dark: Toyo Miyatake, 1895–1979 (film)\">\n    The Brighter Side of Dark: Toyo Miyatake, 1895–1979\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  . 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.\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  </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/Harsh Canvas: The Art and Life of Henry Sugimoto (film)/\" title=\"Harsh Canvas: The Art and Life of Henry Sugimoto (film)\">\n    Harsh Canvas: The Art and Life of Henry Sugimoto\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (2001);\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/California%27s_Gold_with_Huell_Howser:_Manzanar_(film)\" title=\"California's Gold with Huell Howser: Manzanar (film)\">\n    California's Gold with Huell Howser: Manzanar\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (2002);\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Farewell to Manzanar (film)/\" title=\"Farewell to Manzanar (film)\">\n    Farewell to Manzanar\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (1976)\n </p>\n <div id=\"RelatedArticlesDisplay\">\n  <div class=\"section\" id=\"Related_Articles\">\n   <h2>\n    <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Related_Articles\">\n     Related Articles\n    </span>\n   </h2>\n   <div class=\"section_content\">\n    <p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n    </p>\n    <div id=\"RelatedArticlesSectionDisplay\">\n     <div class=\"section\" id=\"\">\n      <h3>\n       <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"\">\n       </span>\n      </h3>\n      <div class=\"section_content\">\n       <p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n       </p>\n       <ul>\n        <li>\n         <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Dramatic_films/videos_on_incarceration\" title=\"Dramatic films/videos on incarceration\">\n          Dramatic films/videos on incarceration\n         </a>\n        </li>\n       </ul>\n      </div>\n     </div>\n    </div>\n   </div>\n  </div>\n </div>\n</div>\n","moreinfo":"<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n  <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n   For More Information\n  </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n  <p>\n   Streaming link:\n   <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siKsiWGH73A&amp;list=PLYnGMFWDDhtgcjfLudYb6WiehffjUgDph&amp;index=55\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siKsiWGH73A&amp;list=PLYnGMFWDDhtgcjfLudYb6WiehffjUgDph&amp;index=55\n   </a>\n  </p>\n  <p>\n   <i>\n    Toyo Miyatake: Infinite Shades of Gray\n   </i>\n   at Japanese American National Museum website.\n   <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://janmstore.com/230410.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    http://janmstore.com/230410.html\n   </a>\n   .\n  </p>\n  <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20250625170653\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.031 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.038 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 404/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 9358/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 2279/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 6/40\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%   16.722      1 -total\n 24.43%    4.085      1 Template:RelatedArticles\n 20.19%    3.376      1 Template:Databox-Films\n 19.07%    3.188      1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 12.47%    2.086      1 Template:RelatedArticlesSection\n 12.25%    2.048      1 Template:Published\n 11.70%    1.957      1 Template:AuthorByline\n 11.09%    1.855      1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n  <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:2337-0!canonical and timestamp 20250625170653 and revision id 34121\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"}