American Pastime
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Desmond Nakano
Gary Cole
Aaron Yoo
Masatoshi Nakamura
Judie Ongg
Seth Sakai
Film Details
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Synopsis
Kaz Nomura and his wife Emi struggle to maintain a normal life after being forcibly relocated to an internment camp in the remote town of Abraham, Utah. Older brother Lane, determined to prove his loyalty, enlists in the U.S. Army's celebrated 442nd Regimental Combat Team. His brother Lyle is a musician and a baseball superstar who's embittered when his chance to attend college on a full baseball scholarship is cut short by the war. Lyle soon meets Katie Burrell, daughter of camp guard Billy Burrell, and the two teenagers begin a romance. When the romance between Katie and Lyle is discovered, the Burrells and the Nomuras find themselves at odds with each other, even though they're on the same side of the war. Billy Burrell, a man whose dream is one more shot at the big leagues, is a star of the minor league baseball club, the Abraham Bees. If not for the war, baseball is a passion he could have shared with Kaz and his sons, who also play for the love of the game. To show the town of Abraham their fighting spirit, the camp residents propose a baseball game between Billy's team and the Topaz camp's squad. An unusual wager is proposed, the stakes of which are a large sum of money for the locals; dignity and honor for the Japanese Americans. And through the all-American pastime of baseball, the town of Abraham and the Topaz detainees discover that they're really not that different after all--they're both Americans who share the same values, even when a war almost tears them apart.
Director
Desmond Nakano
Cast
Gary Cole
Aaron Yoo
Masatoshi Nakamura
Judie Ongg
Seth Sakai
Bart Johnson
Sami Roe
Carlton W Bluford
Sarah Drew
Jon Gries
Susanna Thompson
Leonardo Nam
Crew
Lawone Boltz
Joseph Conlan
Christopher R. Demuri
Jeff Freedman
Tom Gorai
Hollie Howton
Tony Kayden
Kelsey Landry
Nick Lee
Arata Matshushima
Kerry Nakagawa
Desmond Nakano
Yoko Narahashi
Matt Norklun
Cate Praggastis
Barry Rosenbush
Ivan Saunders
David Skinner
Terry Spazek
Terry Spazek
Terry Spazek
Jonathan Earl Stein
Vickie Thomas
Matthew Williams
Mark Yoshikawa
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Released in United States on Video May 22, 2007
Released in United States Spring May 11, 2007
Released in United States Spring May 11, 2007
Released in United States on Video May 22, 2007
