Hito-Hata: Raise the Banner
1980
Visual Communications
Duane Kubo/Robert A. Nakamura
90
「一旗」は初めてアジア系アメリカ人により作られた映画である。２０世紀以降の日系アメリカ人の困難を描いた作品であり、ロサンゼルスのリトル・トーキョーに住んでいた一世のOdaに焦点を当てている。Odaは鉄道の労働者として働き、その後日系アメリカ人コミュニティの指導者となった。またOda以外にも、Pat Morita や Yuki Shimodaといった日系アメリカ人俳優も紹介している。
A landmark project, HITO-HATA is the first full-length film made by and about Asian Pacific Americans. Capturing the contributions and hardships of Japanese Americans since the turn-of-the-century, the film centers on Oda, played by veteran actor/director Mako, a feisty Issei (first generation Japanese American) and one of the elderly single laborers living in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. With the use of flashbacks, the story traces Oda's life as a laborer on the transcontinental railroad, to his struggle to save the home of Little Tokyo's residents when the community is threatened with redevelopment. An epic Japanese American drama, HITO-HATA features other esteemed performers such as Pat Morita and the late Yuki Shimoda. The films draws on the talents and support of Asian American filmmakers, writers, theater professionals--and literally hundreds from the Asian Pacific American community who served as extras and provided locations, props, moral, and financial support. The production represents the full measure of Visual Cuommunications' pioneering work.
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