Biography
Tadashi H. Nakamura is a a 26 year old, fourth-generation Japanese American, and a second-generation filmmaker. Born and raised in Los Angeles, his introduction to film began when he was 9 days old and made his first and last on-screen appearance in “Hito Hata: Raise the Banner” (1980), the first feature-length narrative film produced by Asian Americans, which was directed by his father, award-winning filmmaker Robert A. Nakamura. His interest in making films developed when he took his father’s EthnoCommunications course at UCLA where he began work on “Yellow Brotherhood” (2004), his first documentary, which won Best Documentary Short at the San Diego Asian Film Festival and has been featured in 16 film festivals throughout the U.S. and Canada. Besides carrying on his parents’ work – his mother is writer/producer Karen L. Ishizuka – Nakamura seeks to tell his community’s history to a new generation. By showing young people then and now making a difference, Nakamura hopes Pilgrimage will reach and inspire other young people and provide a fresh new look at how the past affects the present.
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