Day of Independence

A desert. A baseball diamond. A friendship. America, 1943.

Overview

Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.

Top Cast

Derek Mio

Zip

Marcus Toji

Hog

Alan Muraoka

Father

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Keiko Kawashima

Mother

Chris Tashima

The Umpire

Gina Hiraizumi

Rose

Ulysses Lee

Tad

Jon Okui

Satch

Diana Toshiko

Betty

Sarah Chang

Sadie