Gary Cole, Jon Gries, Sarah Drew

Behind the walls of a Japanese internment camp, Lyle Nomura (Aaron Yoo) mourns the baseball scholarship he'll never fulfill. Meanwhile, guard Billy Burrell (Gary Cole) is bitter he never made it beyon...( read more  read more... )d the minors. When Nomura falls for Burrell's daughter (Sarah Drew), tensions rise, until Nomura's dad (Masatoshi Nakamura) suggests a simple game of baseball. Jon Gries co-stars in director Desmond Nakano's drama about America during World War II.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min

Directed by: Desmond Nakano

Release Date: May 12, 2007

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  • March 6, 2009
    An interesting portrayal of the internment camps the Japanese-Americans were placed in during WWII
  • August 7, 2009
    it shown here the common interests odf people jazz music and basebal. The cinematography is fantastic. this film was a compilation of the experiences of the japanese as a prisoner of world war 2. lot of serious situation at the same time the viewer will laugh cry and laugh and ab...( read more)ove all will think about the discrimination of the japs( Japanese ).. the end part is a perfect represantation of equality they deserves to have their haircuts..
    I loved this movie. this movie is must seen movie!
  • June 30, 2008
    This was a really good movie.Great cast too.
  • December 12, 2007
    rather sad what people are like in this world. no matter where your from, if you look different then you just aren't "normal". liked this movie.
  • July 11, 2007
    A very moving story about a Japanese-American family during World War II. Wow was this good. And it all comes down to a baseball game. I rarely rate anything a 4 or higher, but I have to this time.
  • June 24, 2007
    Watching crappy movies? o_<'
  • May 28, 2007
    This was a better movie then I thought it would be. Most of the movie was pretty predictable, but the story was interesting enough to over look that.

    The one thing I had a problem was is that the pitching scenes did not look too realistic. It didn't look like there was enough f...( read more)orce behind the pitches to get some of the reactions.
  • May 7, 2007
    I Don't Know If I Want To See This Or Not It's Hard To Decide When You Have No Info On The Movie
  • April 16, 2007
    Everyone who lives in Utah needs to see this movie!! It is about our ignorant past....if we all see this movie, it could help us to not repeat our past mistakes.

    We are all human beings. We are a brothers and sisters. We need to love each other, and not discriminate against pe...( read more)ople who are diffrent than us.

    Powerfull Movie a must see!

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