taylor+movie

A young Japanese girl named Lily falls in love with an American radical named Jack. It was forbiden by the Japanese culture and the California Law that a Japanese could not marry an non-Japanese. In order for the couple to get married, they had to go to Seattle Washington. They soon had a child named Minnie. Lily wrote to her mother everyday, but because Lily chose to marry outside of her heritage, her family was forced to shun her. Previous to the war, the Japanese had their own form of segregation. They had their own movie theatres and such recreational faciilites. As the war started,Lily and Jack were forced apart because the Japanese were being moved to camps in the sandy desert. Because Lily was half American and half Japanese she was forced to go to the camps with her mother. At the camps Lily reunites with her family, and although it is their culture to shun her, they welcome her back into the fold and embraced her daughter. In the camps they showered with hundreds of people,used broken toilet,and were forced to make war products. Some of the Japanese were even sold to work for Americans. After the atomic bomb of Hiroshima, the war is over and Jack, Lily,and Minnie are reunited.