Hatsumi 2012

One grandmother's journey through the Japanese Canadian internmnet

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Documentary History

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.

Release Date 2012-11-28
Runtime 55m
Director Chris Hope
Producers Mitsu Ito, Goro Kawaguchi, Marty Kobayashi, James Heron, Sid Ikeda, Lorene Nagata, Steve Oikawa, Peter Wakayama
Writers Chris Hope, Karen Gordon