- Strawberry Fields (1997 film)
Infobox Film
name = Strawberry Fields
caption = DVD cover
director =Rea Tajiri
producer = Rea Tajiri
Jason Kliot
writer = Rea Tajiri &Kerri Sakamoto
starring =Suzy Nakamura James Sie
Reiko Matheiu
Heather Yoshimura
Marilyn TokudaChris Tashima Takayo Fischer
narrator =
music = Bundy Brown
Sooyoung Park
cinematography = Zachary Winestine
editing = Steve Hamilton
James Lyons
distributor = Vanguard Cinema (DVD)
released = 1997
runtime = 90 min.
country = USA
language = English
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followed_by =
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imdb_id = 0108233"Strawberry Fields" (1997) is an independent feature film directed by
Japanese American filmmakerRea Tajiri and co-written by Tajiri andJapanese Canadian authorKerri Sakamoto .Background
"Strawberry Fields" was filmed in
Chicago , Illinois, and in California. It received funding from CPB, NEA andITVS , and was completed in 1997. It premiered at theSan Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and was an Official Selection to theVenice Film Festival . It also screened at theLos Angeles Film Festival and won the Grand Prix at theFukuoka Asian Film Festival . Film criticRoger Ebert called the film "... a moving piece of work." It was released on VHS and DVD by Vanguard Cinema.Plot
The story of the film centers on Irene Kawai, a
Japanese American teeanger in Chicago in the 70's who is haunted by a photo of her grandfather she never knew, standing by a barracks in a World War II internment camp for Japanese Americans. Prompted by visits from the ghost of "Terri", her dead baby sister, Irene journeys with her boyfriend, Luke, on a road trip to Arizona, where the Poston War Relocation Center once stood, and where the photo of her grandfather was taken.Cast
(Main players)
*
Suzy Nakamura as Irene Kawai
*James Sie as Luke
* Heather Yoshimura as Terri
*Marilyn Tokuda as Alice
* Reiko Mathieu as Aura
*Chris Tashima as Mark
*Takayo Fischer as Takayo
* Peter Yoshida as BillTrivia
* The original title to the film was "What Happened to Her? and the Strawberry Fields."
* The roles of "Takayo" and "Mark" were created forTakayo Fischer andChris Tashima after the filmmakers met them during auditions for other roles.External links
*imdb title|id=0108233|title=Strawberry Fields
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