Your country puts you in a cage, then asks you to die for it. They said yes.
Leaving internment camps to defend their country in Europe, Japanese-American Nisei soldiers of WWII became the most decorated unit in American history.
Writing
Economy of storytelling—every second earns its weight.
Production
Archival footage that speaks louder than any narrator could.
Director
Alexander Zane Irwin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team remains the most decorated unit in U.S. military history—yet most Americans still don't know their name.
Director Zane Irwin made this as a thesis project; its festival run helped pressure Congress to finally issue formal apologies to surviving Nisei veterans in 2019.
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