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Segment Synopsis: He begins about his parents who were from Japan. He also talks about his grandfather, who was an acupuncturist in the states.

Keywords: acupuncture; farm; Fresno; Fukuoka; grandfather; grapes; hospital; Issei parents; Japan; Little Tokyo; Los Angeles; NYU; Sacramento; Seattle

Subjects: Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles Identity and values--Issei Identity and values--Parents Industry and employment--Agriculture

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Segment Synopsis: He talks about his father's landscape gardening business in Beverly Hills. He describes what it was like going to celebrities' houses while his dad worked.

Keywords: Beverly Hills; Billie Dove; celebrities; Charlie Chaplin; father; landscape gardener; Los Angeles; movie actors; movies; silent movies

Subjects: Identity and values--Parents Industry and employment

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Segment Synopsis: He talks about Mickey Rooney, who he went to school with at a military academy.

Keywords: Black-Foxe Military Academy; classmates; comedy; Mickey Rooney; movies

Subjects: Arts and literature--Performing arts--Film Education

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Segment Synopsis: He describes his father as a disciplinarian but kind. His father was well-known in the Japanese American community.

Keywords: farmers; father; grammar school; Japanese American community; Yamato Hall

Subjects: Identity and values--Family Identity and values--Japanese American identity Identity and values--Parents

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Segment Synopsis: He describes Yamato Hall, a gambling hall where his father worked. He also talks about the Yakuza, a criminal organization, who tried to take over the hall.

Keywords: gambling; gambling hall; Little Tokyo; Los Angeles; New York; Vegas; Yakuza; Yamato Hall

Subjects: Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles

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Segment Synopsis: He discusses his father's role as a confidant and adviser, mostly for women in the community. His father also worked at the Japanese theater in Little Tokyo. He talks more about Little Tokyo -- restaurants and other storefronts.

Keywords: acupuncture; chop suey restaurant; department stores; farmer; father; Fresno; Japanese theater; landscape gardener; Little Tokyo; Los Angeles; Yamato Hall

Subjects: Arts and literature--Performing arts--Theater Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles Identity and values--Parents

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Segment Synopsis: He describes Nisei week activities and past celebrations in his childhood growing up in Little Tokyo Los Angeles. He also discusses taking judo lessons when he was young.

Keywords: Boy Scout Troops; dojo; Japanese dance; judo; kimono; Little Tokyo; Nisei Princesses; Nisei Queen; Nisei week; Sensei; sumo

Subjects: Community activities--Festivals, celebrations, and holidays Community activities--Sports--Judo Identity and values--Japanese American identity [Community activities--Festivals, celebrations, and holidays--Nisei week]