{"id":"Warning Shot: The Killing of James H. Wakasa (film)","doctype":"articles","links":{"html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Warning%20Shot:%20The%20Killing%20of%20James%20H.%20Wakasa%20(film)/","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/articles/Warning%20Shot:%20The%20Killing%20of%20James%20H.%20Wakasa%20(film)/"},"title_sort":"warningshotthekillingofjameshwakasafilm","description":"Film essay by Tina Takemoto about\n  \n   James Hatsuaki Wakasa\n  \n  and other men who were\n  \n   shot to death\n  \n  by guards in concentration camps holding Japanese Americans during World War II. Takemoto uses clips from Hollywood movies, period documentaries and industrial films along with images of\n  \n   camp newspapers\n  \n  and contemporaneous reports to tell the story, augmented with captions. Takemoto suggests that Wakasa was gay, noting the close male companion with whom he traveled the country prior to the war. 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Wakasa;\nDate:2015; \nGenre:Documentary;\nReleased:;\nDirector:Tina Takemoto;\nProducer:Tina Takemoto;\nWriter:Tina Takemoto;\nScreenplay:;\nStory:;\nBasedOn:;\nNarrator:;\nStarring:Sam Takemoto (James Hatsuaki Wakasa); Peppy (Wakasa's dog);\nMusic:;\nCinematography:Tina Takemoto; Brett Takemoto;\nEditing:Tina Takemoto;\nStudio:Queer Camp Productions;\nDistributor:;\nRuntime:10 minutes;\nCountry:;\nLanguage:;\nBudget:;\nGross:;\nIMDBLink:;\nTrailerLink:;\n  </p>\n </div>\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n  <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n  <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n   <p>\n    RGMediaType:films;\nTitle:Warning Shot: The Killing of James H. Wakasa;\nCreators:;\nInterestLevel:Grades 9-12; Adult;\nReadingLevel:;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:;\nTheme:Death – inevitable or tragedy; Injustice;\nGenre:Documentary;\nPoV:;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:Availability;\nFreeWebVersion:No;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:;\nDenshoTopic:World War II-Concentration camps-Conflicts, intimidation, and violence [162];\nGeography:;\nChronology:1943;\nFacility:Topaz (Central Utah) [1] - Delta, Utah;\n   </p>\n  </div>\n </div>\n <p>\n  Film essay by Tina Takemoto about\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/James_Hatsuaki_Wakasa\" title=\"James Hatsuaki Wakasa\">\n   James Hatsuaki Wakasa\n  </a>\n  and other men who were\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Homicide_in_camp\" title=\"Homicide in camp\">\n   shot to death\n  </a>\n  by guards in concentration camps holding Japanese Americans during World War II. Takemoto uses clips from Hollywood movies, period documentaries and industrial films along with images of\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Newspapers_in_camp\" title=\"Newspapers in camp\">\n   camp newspapers\n  </a>\n  and contemporaneous reports to tell the story, augmented with captions. Takemoto suggests that Wakasa was gay, noting the close male companion with whom he traveled the country prior to the war. After detailing Wakasa's killing, Takemoto lists the other Japanese Americans killed by guards in the camps.\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  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/History_and_Memory_(film)\" title=\"History and Memory (film)\">\n   <i>\n    History and Memory\n   </i>\n  </a>\n  (1992);\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Who%27s_Going_to_Pay_for_These_Donuts,_Anyway%3F_(film)\" title=\"Who's Going to Pay for These Donuts, Anyway? (film)\">\n   <i>\n    Who's Going to Pay for These Donuts, Anyway?\n   </i>\n  </a>\n  (1992);\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Moving Walls: American Nightmare to American Dream (film)/\" title=\"Moving Walls: American Nightmare to American Dream (film)\">\n   <i>\n    Moving Walls: American Nightmare to American Dream\n   </i>\n  </a>\n  (2017)\n </p>\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   Filmmaker website:\n   <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.ttakemoto.com/warningshot/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    http://www.ttakemoto.com/warningshot/index.html\n   </a>\n   .\n  </p>\n  <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20250625170715\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.025 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.031 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 371/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 7101/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1451/2097152 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%   12.582      1 -total\n 26.89%    3.383      1 Template:Databox-Films\n 25.62%    3.223      1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 15.94%    2.006      1 Template:Published\n 15.44%    1.942      1 Template:AuthorByline\n 14.70%    1.850      1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n  <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:4385-0!canonical and timestamp 20250625170715 and revision id 34202\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"}