
Farewell to Manzanar
Drama
Overview
Fact based drama about one of the internment camps used by the American military during World War II to detain some 100,000 Japanese Americans (most of them U.S. born) following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
Top Cast


Yuki Shimoda
Yuki Shimoda
Ko Wakatsuki
Yuki Shimoda
Ko Wakatsuki


Nobu McCarthy
Nobu McCarthy
Misa / Jeanne Wakatsuki
Nobu McCarthy
Misa / Jeanne Wakatsuki
Dori Takeshita
Dori Takeshita
Young Jeanne
Dori Takeshita
Young Jeanne
Akemi Kikumura
Akemi Kikumura
Koro
Akemi Kikumura
Koro


Clyde Kusatsu
Clyde Kusatsu
Teddy Wakatsuki
Clyde Kusatsu
Teddy Wakatsuki


Mako
Mako
Fukimoto
Mako
Fukimoto


Pat Morita
Pat Morita
Zenahiro
Pat Morita
Zenahiro


James Saito
James Saito
Richard Wakatsuki
James Saito
Richard Wakatsuki
Momo Yashima
Momo Yashima
Alice
Momo Yashima
Alice
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