Two Homelands
Two Homelands

Series·2019·1 Season

Two Homelands

Moving Tale of Second Generation Japanese Americans

Directed By

Hideta Takahata

Country

JP

Language

Japanese

Episodes

2

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The Story

Original title: 二つの祖国

Kenji Amo is a 2nd generation Japanese-American. He was born in America, but went to school in Japan. He returned to America to study at UCLA. Now, Kenji Amo works as a reporter for a newspaper in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles. Charlie Tamiya also studied at UCLA with Kenji Amo. Charlie Tamiya has feeling for Nagiko who works with Kenji Amo at the same newspaper company. Knowing that, Kenji Amo holds complicated feelings. At this time, Nagiko's friend Emi Hatanaka asks Kenji Amo to marry her. He accepts her proposal, but the Pacific War begins. Circumstances surrounding Kenji Amo changes.

Written By

Yasuo Hasegawa

Producer

Takashi Fujio, Yo Kawahara

Themes

rapeworld war iitragedyracismfamilyjapanese americandiscriminationinternment campwar journalismwar

Production House

TV Tokyo

Audience Score

60%

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Cast

Shun Oguri

Shun Oguri

Kenji Amo

Tsuyoshi Muro

Tsuyoshi Muro

Charlie Tamiya

Mackenyu

Mackenyu

Amoh Isamu

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Mikako Tabe

Mikako Tabe

Nagiko

Riisa Naka

Riisa Naka

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Amoh Otoshichi

Yumi Aso

Yumi Aso

Kiara Minegishi

Kiara Minegishi

Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

Paolo Andrea Di Pietro

Ronnie

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Crew

Hideta Takahata

Hideta Takahata

Director

Takashi Fujio

Takashi Fujio

Producer

Yo Kawahara

Yo Kawahara

Producer

Yasuo Hasegawa

Writer

Toshihiko Tabuchi

Producer

Toshiki Kitagawa

Producer

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