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Short clips and photos from The Vancouver Asahi press conference, red carpet and interviews after the world premiere on September 29, 2014 at The Centre.

This innovative festival celebrates the music of Japan, and explores interactions between Japanese and Canadian cultures through educational events, workshops, chamber recitals and orchestral concerts in Vancouver, Victoria and Burnaby.

The film is the story of one woman’s sacrifice while rampant prejudice tears her Japanese Canadian family apart during the Second World War. Kiri’s once joyful piano music turns bitter when forced relocation and internment take away her husband, her home and her family’s simple fishing life along the BC coast.

“I guess you could say this is the story of two boys who were hurt when they were too young to fight back. You can’t tell someone they’re wrong about their own memories.”

“I was born in Vancouver, Canada, which should have made me a Canadian but having parents who were Japanese, although they too were citizens, made me an enemy alien. As a result I was made to leave the school in…

by Mariko Kage When our small group began efforts to save the Miyazaki House (MH) in Lillooet two years ago, my father Tatsuo Kage, advised me to contact Betty Inouye, the daughter of Dr. Miyazaki. When I first called Betty,…