Movies and TvShows featuring "japanese-immigrant" theme.

In a small American town during World War II, a young boy named Pepper tries to bring his father back from war using a list of tasks assigned by a priest. Along the way, Pepper forms an unlikely friendship with a Japanese man who is a prisoner of war. Together, they navigate the challenges of racial discrimination and the effects of war on their small community.

Come See the Paradise is a drama, history, romance, and war film that takes place in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s. It tells the story of a Japanese immigrant and a Caucasian woman who fall in love and elope, facing racial prejudice, internment, and the challenges of their forbidden relationship amid the backdrop of the war.

A Japanese immigrant, Akira Saito, moves to America with his wife and two sons to start a new life. However, their dreams are shattered when they become the target of a group of corrupt police officers led by Detective Tomoya Sugiura. When Akira's wife is kidnapped, he must rely on his ninja training to take down the corrupt cop and rescue his wife.

The story of the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans and the loss of civil rights.

A Japanese woman agrees to an arranged marriage and travels to Hawaii to meet her new husband. However, she faces cultural differences, a loveless marriage, and the challenges of being a Japanese woman in a foreign land. As she adapts to her new life, she forms unexpected connections and finds strength within herself.

In Dirty Hearts, a Japanese assassin uncovers a shocking truth while investigating a hidden plot. As he delves deeper, he discovers a burning photograph that leads him to a web of lies, fake photos, and brainwashing. Betrayal and a code of honor are at the center of this story, as the protagonist faces death, bloodshed, violence, and murder. Assassinations are carried out with swords, drawing the attention of a colonel and a radio broadcast. A school, a photographer, and a year of 1945 all play important roles. The film also explores the experiences of Japanese-Brazilians, Japanese immigrants, and is told through flashbacks, with an underlying husband-wife relationship and the innocence of a little girl.

Reverend Sensho Sasaki's home movie shows the people, places and activities near his Buddhist churches in Tacoma, Washington and Stockton, California.