Old Man River (1999)
Old Man River (1999)
Winner of Cinequest and Vermont Film Festivals and the American Cinema Editors Eddy Award for Best Edited Documentary.
Documentary film version of the stage show in which actress Cynthia Gates Fujikawa explores the story of her father, actor Jerry Fujikawa, who had a long career in films and television, most often as a stereotyped Asian. The daughter, in the course of searching out her late father's history, discovers many things that she had not known, among them that her father had spent time in Manzanar, the internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, that he had had a family prior to hers, and that somewhere out there was a sister she had never known existed.

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Jerry Fujikawa Jerry Fujikawa As: Himself
Cynthia Gates Fujikawa Cynthia Gates Fujikawa As: Herself
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Documentary film version of the stage show in which actress Cynthia Gates Fujikawa explores the story of her father, actor Jerry Fujikawa, who had a long career in films and television, most often as a stereotyped Asian. The daughter, in the course of searching out her late father's history, discovers many things that she had not known, among them that her father had spent time in Manzanar, the internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, that he had had a family prior to hers, and that somewhere out there was a sister she had never known existed.


Tagline: Winner of Cinequest and Vermont Film Festivals and the American Cinema Editors Eddy Award for Best Edited Documentary.
Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 03 March 1999

Country: US

Runtime: 74m

Company Credits

Company: 716 Productions

Budget: $5,000

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Production Crew

Lisa Joe

Lisa Joe

Associate Producer

Allan Holzman

Allan Holzman

Producer

Matthew Maraffi

Matthew Maraffi

Production Designer

Seemah Wilder

Seemah Wilder

Associate Producer

Cynthia Gates Fujikawa

Cynthia Gates Fujikawa

Producer

Bekah Wright

Bekah Wright

Associate Producer

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Costume and Makeup

Selina Jayne

Selina Jayne

Makeup Artist

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Camera

Allan Holzman

Allan Holzman

Director of Photography

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Art Department

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