
Day of Independence
Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.
Release Date: 2003-09-26
Drama
Family
History
Casts

Derek Mio
as Zip

Marcus Toji
as Hog

Alan Muraoka
as Father

Chris Tashima
as The Umpire

Gina Hiraizumi
as Rose

Ulysses Lee
as Tad

Jon Okui
as Satch

Diana Toshiko
as Betty

Sarah Chang
as Sadie