And the Soul Shall Dance

And the Soul Shall Dance (1978)

Originally staged by the East West Players, pioneering author Wakako Yamauchi's adaptation of her award-winning play, “And the Soul Shall Dance,” for KCET’s Hollywood Television Theatre is a poetic, haunting drama that reveals the hardships Japanese Americans faced during the Great Depression. Set in California’s Imperial Valley, Yamauchi's moving work explores the lives of two farming families as they struggle to make ends meet and assimilate in a so-called land of opportunity defined by systemic racism. - Mark Quigley, UCLA Film & Television Archive

Director: Paul Stanley

Casts

	Denice Kumagai as Masako
	Pat Li as Hana Murata
	Haunani Minn as Emiko Oka
	Sab Shimono as Murata
	Yuki Shimoda as Oka
	Diane Takei as Kiyoko

Crew