And the Soul Shall Dance

Originally staged by the East West Players, pioneering author Wakako Yamauchi's adaptation of her award-winning play, “And the Soul Shall Dance,” for KCET’s Hollywood Television Theatre is a poetic, haunting drama that reveals the hardships Japanese Americans faced during the Great Depression. Set in California’s Imperial Valley, Yamauchi's moving work explores the lives of two farming families as they struggle to make ends meet and assimilate in a so-called land of opportunity defined by systemic racism. - Mark Quigley, UCLA Film & Television Archive

• Release date
• February 7, 1978
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Director
• Paul Stanley

Cast

Denice Kumagai Masako

P

Pat Li Hana Murata

H

Haunani Minn Emiko Oka Sab Shimono Murata Yuki Shimoda Oka

D

Diane Takei Kiyoko