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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