Ron Munekawa

Inspired by the true childhood experience of TV/film actor and social media icon George Takei (Mr. Sulu on Star Trek), ALLEGIANCE tells the story of the Kimura family, whose lives are upended when they are forced to leave their Salinas, California home following the events at Pearl Harbor, and join 120,000 other Japanese-Americans in internment camps dotted around America. Sam Kimura seeks to prove his patriotism by fighting for his country in the war, but sister Kei fiercely protests the government’s treatment of her people. An uplifting testament to the power of the human spirit, ALLEGIANCE follows the Kimuras as they fight between duty and defiance, custom and change, family bonds and forbidden loves.

Some small-time scam artists rip off their boss who has criminal ties.

Kintsukuroi depicts the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans by President Roosevelt during WWII, following two families from the Western prison camps to European battlefields as they endure injustice yet maintain dignity amidst ordeal.