Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
About Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
The film looks back at the life of a man named Oda and other Japanese Americans through the decades as they face great challenges and joys living in the United States.
Duane Kubo and Robert A. Nakamura directed Hito Hata: Raise the Banner, a 1980 drama film. Mako appears as Oda, Hiroshi Kashiwagi as Tatsumi, Pat Morita as Yamada, and Saachiko as Haru.
At 86 minutes long, it arrived in December 1980. Written by John Esaki and Robert A. Nakamura.
Shelv files it under old friends, japanese american, and little tokyo. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel.