Unfinished Business - The Japanese-American Internment Cases
by Steven Okazaki
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Actor: Amy Hill, Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, Min YasuiDirector: Steven Okazaki
Brand: New Video
Cinematographer: Steven Okazaki
Editor: Steven Okazaki
Producer: Steven Okazaki
Writer: Steven Okazaki
Producer: Jane Kaihatsu
Writer: Jane Kaihatsu
Writer: Kei Yokomizo
Writer: Laura Ide
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 58 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: New Video Group
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- In the spring of 1942, more than 110,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry were uprooted from their homes and businesses and incarcerated in desolate relocation camps. Without hearings or trials, men, women and children were evacuated under Executive Order 9066--the Wartime Relocation Act. UNFINISHED BUSINESS is the story of three Japanese-American resistors--Gorden Hirabayashi, Fred Koremats
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DVD Review: Executive Order 9066
Summary: 4 Stars
Shortly after America entered WWII, FDR signed Executive Order 9066 giving the government the ability to declare areas of the country military zones and arresting any persons in those areas who were deemed a "threat." Although it did not specify any certain people, the Order was used primarily to round up and incarcerate persons of Japanese descent living in the western U.S. The detainees found themselves living in what amounted to concentration camps, often in isolated desert areas. During the war, three Japanese-American men (Gordon Hirabayashi, Monoru Yasui, & Fred Korematsu) filed lawsuits challenging the legality of Executive Order 9066; none were successful. However, after the war, public opinion began to shift and in the 1980s the three men re-opened their earlier lawsuits. "Unfinished Business" documents the stories of these three men and how their lawsuits affected the Japanese-American community.
"Unfinished Business" (1985) is a worthwhile documentary on an important topic - one of the low points in American history. The documentary is definitely a no-frills affair, with minimal narration, text, and recreations, which might bore audiences today used to flashier documentaries. At times, the documentary doesn't include enough detail and is poorly paced. For example, the narrator mentions that many of the men in the camps were later allowed to join the U.S. military, but they provide no details about how this change occurred. Instead, it focuses on brief interviews with some of the Japanese-Americans who were forced into the camps. Their stories are affecting and in no need of adornment. However, the finale concerning the lawsuits is told in an incredibly flat and technical manner with no suspense or elaboration; it almost seems like an afterthought. Despite these weaknesses, "Unfinished Business" is still informative. The film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards, losing to "Broken Rainbow" (another film documenting the "relocation" of an American minority group).
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