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Uniform Title Issei (Motion picture : 1984)
Title Issei : the first generation / Japanese Speaking Society of America presents ; producers, Christopher Hirose, Yukio Shoji ; written, directed, photographed, and edited by Toshi Washizu
Published [San Francisco, California] : [Center for Asian American Media], [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 54 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Summary "Lost" 1984 documentary, rediscovered and restored, about Japanese men and women who, at the turn of the century, immigrated to the West Coast of the United States. These pioneers tell their own stories of struggles and triumphs in a new land. "'Issei' brings to vivid life the world of early Japanese immigrants in rural California. Infused with spirit and humor, this captivating film is a treasure." - Valerie Matsumoto, Professor, History, UCLA. "Toshi Washizu's 'Issei'...with his poet's sensibility...is a revelation...a masterful portrait of this generation...probably the best single documentary about the first generation's experiences...because the Issei tell their stories, in their own words." - Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, Aratani Endowed Chair, UCLA
Notes Streaming video file
Originally produced in 1984; restored and reissued in 2013
Credits Music, Jamie Kibben ; executive producer, Goro Ishizaki
Performer Narrator: Amy Hill
Notes English and Japanese dialogue, with subtitles in English; closed-captioned in English
Description based on online resource; title and statement of responsibility from subtitles in title frames (Kanopy, viewed January 31, 2020)
Subject Japanese Americans -- History
Japanese -- United States -- History
Immigrants.
Group identity.
group identity.
Japanese.
Emigration and immigration.
Documentary films.
Group identity.
Immigrants.
Japanese Americans.
SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040
Japan -- Emigration and immigration
Subject United States.
Japan.
Genre/Form Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
History.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Internet videos.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Form Streaming video
Author Hirose, Christopher, film producer
Shoji, Yukio, film producer
Washizu, Toshi, film director, screenwriter, director of photography, editor of moving image work
Kibben, Jamie, composer (expression)
Ishizaki, Goro, film producer
Hill, Amy, narrator
Japanese Speaking Society of America, presenter
Center for Asian American Media, publisher.
Other Titles Also known as: Faces of Issei : the first generation