2012
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0h 55m
Genres
Documentary
History
Production Companies
Alliance Films
Hatsumi
One grandmother's journey through the Japanese Canadian internmnet
Overview
In Japanese, “shi kata ga nai” means “it can't be helped”. As a phrase, it represents the philosophical basis of the Japanese cultural reserve, through which adversity is never acknowledged. Nancy Okura is a Canadian of Japanese decent. During the Second World War, she was involuntarily removed from her home and relocated to an internment camp by the Government of Canada. Shi kata ga nai prevented Nancy Okura from ever speaking about her internment.
Key Crew
Director: Chris Hope
Producer: James Heron, Sid Ikeda, Lorene Nagata, Steve Oikawa, Peter Wakayama
Writer: Chris Hope
