KINTSUKUROI n.

1. the Japanese art of repairing pottery using gold

2. the strength and beauty found in something that has been broken

Like every immigrant family, the Itos came to the United States to build a better life. After years of struggle and sacrifice, the dream that was America seemed within their grasp. Then the bombs fell and the world changed forever …

With a stroke of his pen, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 and effectively destroyed the lives of 120,000 Japanese Americans at the onset of WWII.

KINTSUKUROI follows members of the Ito family from their pre-war life in San Francisco’s Japantown to the concentration camps of the American West to the battlefields of Europe as they endure one of the most shameful periods in American history. The film features Ryan Takemiya, Kealani Kitaura, Ken Takeda, Ron Munekawa, Kiyomi Koide and Chizu Omori.

SCHEDULE

Doors open - 4pm

KINTSUKUROI screening begins - 5pm

Q&A follows the film - 7:15pm

Parking information: 32 outdoor parking spots solely for the Nippon Kan. Over 200 paid spots in lots and on the street nearby.

Mass transit: Accessible via Seattle Streetcar S Jackson St. & 5th Ave stop OR King County Metro bus lines 7, 14, & 106

Screening co-sponsored by The George and Sakaye Aratani CARE Award and UCLA's Asian American Studies Center