Resistance at Tule Lake

The defiant Japanese Americans of World War II

The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's program of mass incarceration during World War II. Branded as 'disloyals' and re-imprisoned at Tule Lake Segregation Center, they continued to protest in the face of militarized violence, and thousands renounced their U.S. citizenship. Giving voice to experiences that have been marginalized for over 70 years, this documentary challenges the nationalist, one-sided ideal of wartime 'loyalty.'

Cast

Hiroshi Kashiwagi

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James Yaegashi

Iwao Shimizu (voice)

Wayne Merrill Collins, Jr.

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Roger Daniels

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Grace Hata

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Satsuki Ina

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Tetsuden Kashima

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Sadako Kashiwagi

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Toru Bill Nishamura

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Barbara Takei

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Sachiko Takita-Ishii

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Jeanne Tanaka

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