Violinist and songwriter Kishi Bashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to be a minority in America today.

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74 min

Released Mar 2022

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Directed by

Kishi Bashi & Justin Taylor Smith

Written byKishi Bashi

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Kishi Bashi
Himself / Narration
Sola Ishibashi
Ben Chicarishi
Betty Morita
Motsugo Morita
Frank Shobu Fujii

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Kishi Bashi

Sola Ishibashi

Ben Chicarishi

Betty Morita

Motsugo Morita

Frank Shobu Fujii

Mabel Shoji Boggs

Kay Sakai Nakao

Kara Kondo

Massie Hinatsu

Howard Sugiuchi

Kitako Izumizaki

Alan K. Simpson

Dakota Russell

Kishi Bashi

Justin Taylor Smith

Nina L. Diaz

Jason Matsumoto

Drew Wallin

Ryan Suffern

Zak Kilberg

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