8.5Old Man River · 1999
Old Man River (1999) is a Documentary film directed by Beth Schachter, starring Jerry Fujikawa, Cynthia Gates Fujikawa.
Documentary
8.5Overview
Documentary film version of the stage show in which actress Cynthia Gates Fujikawa explores the story of her father, actor Jerry Fujikawa, who had a long career in films and television, most often as a stereotyped Asian. The daughter, in the course of searching out her late father's history, discovers many things that she had not known, among them that her father had spent time in Manzanar, the internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, that he had had a family prior to hers, and that somewhere out there was a sister she had never known existed.
Cast
Jerry Fujikawa, Cynthia Gates Fujikawa
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What is "Old Man River" about?
Documentary film version of the stage show in which actress Cynthia Gates Fujikawa explores the story of her father, actor Jerry Fujikawa, who had a long career in films and television, most often as a stereotyped Asian. The daughter, in the course of searching out her late father's history, discovers many things that she had not known, among them that her father had spent time in Manzanar, the internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, that he had had a family prior to hers, and that somewhere out there was a sister she had never known existed.
When was "Old Man River" released?
Old Man River was released in 1999.
Who stars in "Old Man River"?
The cast includes Jerry Fujikawa, Cynthia Gates Fujikawa.
