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Shepherd's Pie and Sushi - DVD ONF/NFB


Catalogue Number:  NFB528168
Producer:  National Film Board Of Canada
Producers:  Mieko Ouchi, Craig Anderl, Jerry Krepakevich
Directors:  Craig Anderl, Mieko Ouchi
Producing Agencies:  100 Miles Film Group (Edmonton), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Subject:  Canadian History, Diversity, Fiction, World History
Language:  English
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  1996
Running Time:  45:12
Closed Captions:  Yes


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Mieko Ouchi is half Celtic, half Japanese... and all Canadian. In 1993, Mieko, an actor, began researching a documentary about her grandfather, Edward Ouchi, a Japanese immigrant to Canada. Then she was cast to star in The War Between Us, a film on the World War II internment of 22,000 Japanese-Canadians--re-enacting a key episode in her own community's history. Part Japanese-Canadian history, part autobiography and family chronicle, Shepherd's Pie and Sushi looks at complex questions of personal and cultural identity with a light touch. Using archival material, dramatic re-enactment, powerful scenes from The War Between Us and moving interviews with members of the Ouchi family, the film relates the early history of Japanese-Canadians and looks at Mieko's and her family's struggles with their own identities.


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