history / asia / japan

Alternating between American and Japanese perspectives, this tells the story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II.

Describes how the lives of philosopher-patriot Okawa Shumei and U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Daniel Jaffe converged at the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946. Civilian Okawa was charged with crimes against humanity, and Jaffe was assigned to determine Okawa's ability to stand trial, and thus his fate.