Namba

Namba (2022)

Documentary

NAMBA tells the American story of May Namba, born in 1922 to Japanese immigrants. During WWII, 125,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated, including the Namba family. May’s granddaughter, Miyako, narrates and guides us through her grandmother’s experiences living at Minidoka. Miyako packs a suitcase heart-wrenchingly contemplating the most important belongings to bring to the prison camp. She makes a mattress out of hay and lays down in a horse stall to use as a bed, just as her grandmother did. Throughout the film May and Miyako share this complex history—the injustice and love of country—that’s rarely discussed in history books.

Director: Emily Hanako Momohara

Casts

	May Namba as
	Miyako Namba as
	Bill Tashima as
	Bif Brigman as
	Neil King as
	Aaren Purcell as
	Anna Hostica Tamura as
	Dr. Tetsuden Kashima as
	Jim Namba as
	Hanako Wakatsuki Chong as
	Rhee Lightner as
	Sam Herbers as
	Andrea Phantu as
	Spencer Whitehead as

Crew