Here we've displayed a list of the best Japanese-american films : A Home of Our Own(1993), Go for Broke!(1951), Come See the Paradise(1990), Snow Falling on Cedars(1999), Only the Brave(2006) ... ...
Drama
USA
1993
102 Minutes
Kathy Bates Edward Furlong Soon-Teck Oh Tony Campisi Clarissa Lassig T.J. Lowther Sarah Schaub Miles Feulner Amy Sakasitz
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Widow Frances Lacey is being sexually harassed by her boss while she tries to provide for her brood of six children. Also, her oldest son, Shayne, is constantly in trouble. When she's fired from her job, she decides to abandon Los Angeles.
War
USA
1951
92 Minutes
Van Johnson Gianna Maria Canale Warner Anderson Lane Nakano Henry Nakamura George Miki Henry Oyasato Don Haggerty Dan Riss
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The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II.
Drama
USA
1990
134 Minutes
Dennis Quaid Tamlyn Tomita Sab Shimono Shizuko Hoshi Stan Egi Ronald Yamamoto Akemi Nishino Naomi Nakano Brady Tsurutani Elizabeth Gilliam Shyree Mezick
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The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity.
Drama, History
USA
1999
126 Minutes
Ethan Hawke James Cromwell Richard Jenkins James Rebhorn Sam Shepard Eric Thal Max von Sydow Youki Kudoh Rick Yune Jan Rubes Celia Weston
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A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
War, Drama, History
USA
2006
99 Minutes
Lane Nishikawa Jason Scott Lee Mark Dacascos Yuji Okumoto Tamlyn Tomita Jeff Fahey Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Guy Ecker Greg Watanabe Ken Narasaki Kipp Shiotani
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A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd. In ... See full summary »