Say, Allen

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Tea with milk

1999
After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place.

A river dream

1988
While sick in bed, a young boy opens a box from his uncle and embarks on a fantastical fishing trip.

The sign painter

2000
An assignment to paint a large billboard in the desert changes the life of an aspiring artist.

Stranger in the mirror

1995
When a young Asian-American boy who spends all of his time skateboarding wakes up one morning with the face of an old man, he has trouble convincing people that he is still himself.

The bicycle man

1982
The amazing tricks two American soldiers do on a borrowed bicycle are a fitting finale for the school sports day festivities in a small village in occupied Japan.

Kamishibai man

2005
After many years of retirement, an old Kamishibai man--a Japanese street performer who tells stories and sells candies--decides to make his rounds once more even though such entertainment declined after the advent of television.

Grandfather's journey

1993
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America, which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
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Tree of cranes

1991
A Japanese boy learns of Christmas when his mother decorates a pine tree with paper cranes.
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Allison

1997
When Allison realizes that she looks more like her favorite doll than like her parents, she comes to terms with this unwelcomed discovery through the help of a stray cat.
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