Description |
1 online resource (130 minutes) |
Summary |
Based on the life of George Takei, Allegiance explores one family's journey during the Japanese internment camps during World War II. Sammy and Kei Kimura are the Japanese-American children of Tatsuo Kimura, a domineering father and first generation Japanese-American immigrant (or Issei). The family struggles with their opposing views of America when anti-Japanese sentiments begin to sweep across the country after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. While Sammy wants to join the army to prove his American loyalty, Kei protests against the unfair treatment of the Japanese people and demands freedom for her people. As their family is torn apart in the internment camps, Sammy and Kei fight in their own ways for freedom and acceptance for themselves and for their culture. Allegiance features a beautiful score by Jay Kuo and highlights the lesser known struggles of Japanese-Americans during World War II |
Notes |
Title from title screen (viewed March 23, 2023) |
Credits |
Music supervision, arrangements & orchestrations by Lynne Shankel ; film directed by Lorenzo Thione ; set design, Donyale Werle ; costume design, Alejo Vietti ; lighting design, Howell Binkley ; sound design, Kai Harada |
Cast |
Lea Salonga, George Taker, Telly Leung, Katie Rose Clarke, Michael K. Lee, Christòpheren Nomura, Greg Watanabe, Darren Lee, Rumi Oyama, Shea Renne, Scott Watanabe, Janelle Toyomi Dote, Aaron J. Albano, Momoko Sugai, Marcus Choi, Elena Wang, Dan Horn, Scott Wise, Kevin Munhall |
Event |
Filmed at the Longacre Theater in New York City in January, 2016 |
Notes |
In English |
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Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) -- Drama
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Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) fast |
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Asian American families -- Drama
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Families -- Drama
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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Drama
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Japanese Americans -- Civil rights -- Drama
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Racism -- United States -- Drama
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States -- Drama
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Drama
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Asian American families
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Families
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Internment camps
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Japanese Americans
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Japanese Americans -- Civil rights
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Race relations
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Racism
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United States -- Race relations -- Drama
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Drama
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Filmed performances
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Musicals
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Filmed performances.
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Musicals.
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Spectacles filmés.
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Comédies musicales.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Kuo, Jay, 1968- composer, librettist, lyricist.
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Thione, Lorenzo, librettist, film director
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Acito, Marc, 1966- librettist.
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Arima, Stafford, stage director
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Sing Out, Louise! Productions, production company.
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Broadway Licensing, publisher
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