Nomoto - a BC tragedy
How did one of the first Japanese Canadian UBC graduates, Kyuichi Nomoto, until 1942 a successful Steveston church minister, suffer a breakdown deep in the BC Interior and die just two years later back in the Vancouver area from where his community had been displaced?
My connection to this story is through an old building in New Denver, and the Gastown discovery of a box of letters. This led to much research, and a modern-day journey to the sites of Nomoto's truncated life, and of the unjust Internment that began 80 years ago.
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Chad TownsendDirector
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Owen Akira KatoWriter
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Tamara TasakaNarrator
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Israel SeoaneDirector of Photography
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Sandesh MallaEditor, VFX
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Runtime:22 minutes 45 seconds
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Completion Date:July 7, 2022
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Canada
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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The TV FestVernon
September 16, 2023
Best Documentary -
NewWest FilmFestNew Westminster
October 23, 2022
Official Selection, sold out theatre -
Kootenay Film FestivalNelson
September 30, 2022
Official Selection -
North Valley Mountain Film FestivalSilverton, Kaslo
March 4, 2023
Official Selection -
Powell Street FestivalVancouver
August 6, 2023
with Mental Health Discussion Panel -
Nikkei Internment Memorial CentreNew Denver
June 21, 2023