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Days of Waiting

Days of Waiting

1991Short⏱️ 28m
DocumentaryShortBiography
7.4
IMDB Rating
105 votes

The story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few whites interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo refused to be separated from her husband and was interned along with him. Based on th...

Director
Steven Okazaki
Writers
N/A
Stars
Estelle Peck Ishigo, Lynn O'Donnell, Dorothy Stroup
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

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Estelle Peck Ishigo
as Self
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Lynn O'Donnell
as Self - Additional Narrator
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Dorothy Stroup
as Self - Narrator

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA)

🏷️ Keywords

japanese americanthree word titleartistworld war twobased on novel

🎯 Categories

BiographyDocumentaryShort

⭐ Featured Review

a brief but valuable reminder
by mjneu592010-11-13
6/10

"The true story of one of the few Caucasians to suffer "protective arrest" in a Japanese internment camp during World War II is recounted in the words, artwork, and photography of the victim herself: Estelle Ishigo, an Oakland born LA resident who married a Japanese American (in Mexico: interracial marriages were outlawed in California) and, rather than face separation during her husband's wartime internment, submitted herself to the same humiliation. In its brief, thirty minute length the film gives only a slim account of her experience, but while it may not shed any new light o..."

💡 Did You Know?

Based on the personal papers of Estelle Ishigo and her novel Lone Heart Mountain.

📖 Synopsis

The story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few whites interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo refused to be separated from her husband and was interned along with him. Based on th...