And the Soul Shall Dance

Name: And the Soul Shall Dance
Director: Paul Stanley
Released: 1978-02-07
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Denice Kumagai, Pat Li, Haunani Minn, Sab Shimono, Yuki Shimoda

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1978 · 90 min · TMDB 7.0/10

Overview

Originally staged by the East West Players, pioneering author Wakako Yamauchi's adaptation of her award-winning play, “And the Soul Shall Dance,” for KCET’s Hollywood Television Theatre is a poetic, haunting drama that reveals the hardships Japanese Americans faced during the Great Depression. Set in California’s Imperial Valley, Yamauchi's moving work explores the lives of two farming families as they struggle to make ends meet and assimilate in a so-called land of opportunity defined by systemic racism. - Mark Quigley, UCLA Film & Television Archive

Directed by Paul Stanley

Cast

Denice Kumagai — Masako
Pat Li — Hana Murata
Haunani Minn — Emiko Oka
Sab Shimono — Murata
Yuki Shimoda — Oka