07 September 2020, 05:30 am
Focus Japan
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Focus Japan
Screening of NHK documentary films on Japan’s history, literature, art, culture and heritage. Organised with the support of NHK World and Embassy of Japan, New Delhi
A Vanished Dream: Wartime Story of My Japanese Grandfather
(49 min; 2020; English)
To American photojournalist Regina Boone, her paternal grandfather was an enigma. He was a hard-working Japanese immigrant but was arrested on the day of the Pearl Harbour attack never to return home. Regina’s father rarely spoke about him throughout his life. It was only on his deathbed that he asked Regina to find out the circumstances surrounding her grandfather’s disappearance. The film follows Regina’s quest to uncover the trail of her missing Japanese grandfather
