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Old Man River

19991h 14mBeth Schachter
IMDb 6.1

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"Winner of Cinequest and Vermont Film Festivals and the American Cinema Editors Eddy Award for Best Edited Documentary."

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.

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World War IiFamily SecretsRacial StereotypeJapanese AmericanInternment CampJapanese American Internment1940sFather Daughter RelationshipIndependent FilmLong Lost Sibling

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What is Old Man River (1999) 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…

Who stars in Old Man River?

Old Man River stars Jerry Fujikawa (Himself), Cynthia Gates Fujikawa (Herself). The film was directed by Beth Schachter.

How long is Old Man River?

Old Man River has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1999.

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Old Man River holds an IMDb rating of 6.1/10. Fans of Documentary are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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