Hatsumi
2012
55 min
English
One grandmother's journey through the Japanese Canadian internmnet
In Japanese, “shi kata ga nai” means “it can't be helped”. As a phrase, it represents the philosophical basis of the Japanese cultural reserve, through which adversity is never acknowledged. Nancy Okura is a Canadian of Japanese decent. During the Second World War, she was involuntarily removed from her home and relocated to an internment camp by the Government of Canada. Shi kata ga nai prevented Nancy Okura from ever speaking about her internment.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Alliance Films
Keywords
- world war ii
- canadian history
- 1940s
- japanese canadian
- japanese internment
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Top Cast
Chris Hope as Self
Nancy Okura as Self
Top Crew
Chris Hope · Director, Writer
Darren Laberee · Editor
Steve Oikawa · Producer
Lorene Nagata · Producer
Mitsu Ito · Executive Producer
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