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The favorite daughter

2013
Yuriko, teased at school for her unusual name and Japanese ancestry, yearns to be more ordinary until her father reminds her of how special she is.

The ink-keeper's apprentice

1979
A 14-year-old boy lives on his own in Tokyo and becomes apprenticed to a famous Japanese cartoonist.

Music for Alice

2004
A Japanese American farmer recounts her agricultural successes and setbacks and her enduring love of dance. Based on the true life story of Alice Sumida, who with her husband Mark, established the largest gladiola bulb farm in the country during the last half of the twentieth century.

The ink-keeper's apprentice

2006
A thirteen-year-old boy living on his own in post-World War II Tokyo becomes apprenticed to a famous Japanese cartoonist.

Emma's rug

1996
A young artist finds that her creativity comes from within when the rug that she had always relied upon for inspiration is destroyed.

Once under the cherry blossom tree

an old Japanese tale.
1974
A cherry tree growing from the top of the wicked landlord's head is the beginning of his misfortunes and a better life for the poor villagers.

Home of the brave

2002
Following a kayaking accident, a man experiences the feelings of children interned during World War II and children on Indian reservations.

El Chino

1990
A biography of Bill Wong, a Chinese American who became a famous bullfighter in Spain.

Under the cherry blossom tree

an old Japanese tale
1997
A cherry tree growing from the top of the wicked landlord's head is the beginning of his misfortunes and a better life for the poor villagers.

Erika-san

2009
After falling in love with Japan as a little girl, Erika becomes a teacher and fulfills her childhood dream by moving to a remote Japanese island.

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