Documentary, History 11/28/2012 55m

Hatsumi (2012)

"One grandmother's journey through the Japanese Canadian internmnet"

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In Japanese, “shi kata ga nai” means “it can't be helped”. As a phrase, it represents the philosophical basis of the Japanese cultural reserve, through which adversity is never acknowledged. Nancy Okura is a Canadian of Japanese decent. During the Second World War, she was involuntarily removed from her home and relocated to an internment camp by the Government of Canada. Shi kata ga nai prevented Nancy Okura from ever speaking about her internment.

Chris Hope

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Chris Hope

Writer