titled Japanese American Basketball.

James Shigetas nephew; and Ivy Okamura.Mon Amour was released and it covered a similar romance between a Caucasian and a Japanese.

The entire community was uprooted by Executive Order 9066 in 1942 and Little Tokyo became an African American neighborhood known as Bronzeville.(The cast included Shirley Yamaguchi and Sessue Hayakawa.I enjoy rewatching his movies and spotting props that live on in our daily lives and there are many from this particular film and also from ‘The House of Bamboo.

is at another critical juncture after surviving the mass incarceration and urban renewal.Francis Xavier Japanese Catholic Center.

and invited the audience to attend events in Little Tokyo.

Another landmark in the film is Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights.a graduate of Torrance High School.

and involving themselves in community service both at VJCC and the extended community.a graduate of Santa Monica High School.

a graduate of Da Vinci Science High School.a graduate of Wildwood High School.