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And the Soul Shall Dance (1978)

★ 7.0/10 90 min Unknown English
Director: Paul Stanley
Streaming: Not available

Description

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

Top Cast

Denice Kumagai
Denice Kumagai Masako
Pat Li Hana Murata
Haunani Minn Emiko Oka
Sab Shimono
Sab Shimono Murata
Yuki Shimoda
Yuki Shimoda Oka
Diane Takei Kiyoko

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