Release Date

07 Feb, 1978

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Originally staged by the East West Players, pioneering author Wakako Yamauchi's adaptation of her award-winning play, “And the Soul Shall Dance,” for KCET’s Hollywood Television Theatre is a poetic, haunting drama that reveals the hardships Japanese Americans faced during the Great Depression. Set in California’s Imperial Valley, Yamauchi's moving work explores the lives of two farming families as they struggle to make ends meet and assimilate in a so-called land of opportunity defined by systemic racism. - Mark Quigley, UCLA Film & Television Archive

Original Title

And the Soul Shall Dance

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Actors

Denice Kumagai

Pat Li

Haunani Minn

Sab Shimono

Yuki Shimoda

Diane Takei

Crew

Wakako Yamauchi

Paul Stanley

Norman Lloyd