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February 19th, 1942 Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. The action quarantined 120,000 people, two-thirds American Citizens, of Japanese American descent in one of twelve remotely located prison camps. Enduring substandard living conditions, eviscerated privacy, polar temperatures, inclement weather, and armed guards, the Japanese Americans, "made home from war.”
“Tadaima” takes place after the closure of the US Internment Camps at the end of World War II, a Japanese American family returns home and must find the strength to rebuild both their house and their family amidst the emotional and physical destruction caused by the war. The film stars Toshi Toda, Vivian Umino, Mackenyu Maeda, and Jordyn Kanaya.
The film is dedicated to my Grandfather and the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were unconstitutionally imprisoned during World War II.
WRITER/DIRECTOR Robin Takao D'Oench
PRODUCER Claire Brooks, Vincent Hall, Robin Takao D'Oench, Eric Falkenstein, Dan Frishwasser, Tani Takagi
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Mingjue Hu
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Andy Hengl
COSTUME DESIGNER Christine Sciortino
EDITORS Dan Dimauro & Adrian Carey
MUSIC COMPOSERS John Nye & Jack Gravina
CASTING DIRECTOR Kali Chung
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Samuel Baumel
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR David Ketterer
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Jeremiah Johnson
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Kristen Carlton
SET DECORATOR Vinnie Pompo
PROP MASTER Tiffany Smith
SET COSTUMER Alë Richards
HAIR/MAKE-UP Christine Sciortino
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Jacob Holm
1st AC Armaan Virani
2nd AC CAMERA Takao Baba
3rd AC CAMERA Ryan Donahue
DIT Adrian Carrey
GAFFER Alex Gallitano
BEST BOY Nick Petoyan
ELECTRIC Jerome Joves
KEY GRIP Nick Bodkin
SOUND MIXER Yu-Ting Su
POST SOUND MIXER Patrick Burgess
VFX SUPERVISOR Gavin Carlton
SENIOR DI COLORIST Joe Gawler
SENIOR DI PRODUCER Molle DeBartolo
CONFORM ARTIST Christian Farfán
DI ASSIST Dylan Ball
CONSTRUCTION Larry Favor, Raul Rocha, Arturo Alvarado, Favor Construction
STILLS Gabriela Fong Nakashima
DRIVER Harry Bainbridge
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Dana Forsberg, Alejandro Santana, Lindsey Giebel, Andres Stephens, Raymond Jeong, Clark Rowan, Preston Curley
