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Apr 11, 2009 · Toyo's Camera: Directed by Junichi Suzuki. With Toyo Miyatake, George Takei, George Aratani, Tetsu Asato.
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- Documentary
- Junichi Suzuki
- 2009-04-11
Apr 11, 2009 · Even though bringing in cameras to the internment camps was prohibited, one man managed to smuggle in his own camera lens and build a camera to document life behind barbed wires, with the help of other craftsmen in the camp. That man was Toyo Miyatake, a successful issei (first generation immigrant) photographer and owner of a photo-shop in the Los Angeles Little Tokyo district, and of one of ...
Director Junichi Suzuki's film offers compelling insights into a long-shrouded chapter of history, yet Toyo's Camera lacks the subtlety of its subject's work. March 6, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full ...
- Junichi Suzuki
- Documentary
- Tôyô Miyatake
Synopsis. While he was a prisoner at a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II, photographer, Miyatake Toyo secretly smuggled in a lens and built a camera, enabling him to capture life behind barbed wire.
Synopsis. Even though bringing in cameras to the internment camps was prohibited, one man managed to smuggle in his own camera lens and build a camera to document life behind barbed wires, with the help of other craftsmen in the camp. That man was Toyo Miyatake, a successful issei (first generation immigrant) photographer and owner of a photo ...
- Junichi Suzuki
Movie. NR 1 hr 38 min History, Documentary, War. Even though bringing in cameras to the internment camps was prohibited one man managed to smuggle in his own camera lens and build a camera to ...
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