The cats of Mirikitani / produced by Lucid Dreaming Inc. in association with The Independent Television Service (ITVS) and The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) ; director, Linda Hattendorf ;producers Masa Yoshikawa, Linda Hattendorf.
Originally produced for television in 2006. Release date: Apr. 8, 2008. Fullscreen. Special features: additional scenes; gallery; trailer.
Summary:
Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But then 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home to confront his pain.
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