American Pastime (2007)

Directors

Desmond Nakano

Cast

Aaron Yoo, Gary Cole, James Moffat, Joey Miyashima, Jon Gries, Judy Ongg, Masatoshi Nakamura, Sarah Drew

The story

The first scene shows the life of the Nomura family, a typical American family of Japanese descent in 1941, composed of Japanese-born parents and American-born children (in this case, two sons, Lane and Lyle). They are forced to leave their home in Los Angeles following the infamous Executive Order 9066, signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Order 9066 permitted the "exclusion" of Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States, and actual historic footage shows the rounding up of these families, most of whom were (like the Nomura sons) born as American citizens.

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