Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi Bashi

2022

Action / Documentary / History / Music

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 94% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 94%
IMDb Rating 8.2/10 10 76 76

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Violinist and songwriter Kishi Bashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to be a minority in America today.

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1 hr 14 min
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1 hr 14 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by WandaM-3

SO TIMELY! SO NEEDED!

I am a firm believer that our stories connect us! This was a beautifully told story of thousands of American citizens and their families who were wrongfully incarcerated for years, robbed of their properties and businesses that they had worked so hard to create and build, held in brutal conditions. They went peacefully. They endured and they came out determined to rebuild and not fight back for the injustices done to them. This is especially meaningful to me. My mother is of Japanese Hawaiian Chinese ancestry and was a child when Pearl Harbor was bombed. I am heartbroken and so upset to see our nation turning against "immigrants" again, forgetting that we are ALL descendants of immigrants in this land! I am grateful for all who peacefully resist and let their lights shine for others to be guided by! Light will always dispel darkness. Love is always greater than hate.
Reviewed by evening1 6 / 10

"They just grabbed all of us"

After Pearl Harbor, came Heart Mountain.The forced internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans -- "viewed as the enemy" -- transpired in such remote locales as the barley field-surrounded Wyoming butte.Japanese-American violinist Kishi Bashi takes a trip out West to explore this shadowy chapter of our history, promulgated by FDR after the infamous attack of Dec. 7, 1941.Kishi presents interesting research, illustrating his tale with original music. He shines while performing on his own, or with others -- most stunningly with a Taiko drum line.The documentary falters toward its conclusion, when Kishi compares the unfairly interned Japanese Americans with latter-day migrants detained by ICE on the US southern border.I caught this film at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Seattle, and I'm glad I did. Its subject deserves more attention.
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