Farewell to Manzanar(1976)
Fact based drama about one of the internment camps used by the American military during World War II to detain some 100,000 Japanese Americans (most of them U.S. born) following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
Movie: Farewell to Manzanar
Top 9 Billed Cast
Ko Wakatsuki
Misa / Jeanne Wakatsuki
Teddy Wakatsuki
Fukimoto
Zenahiro
Richard Wakatsuki
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