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Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story

Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story

2003•50m
Documentary

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, all persons of Japanese descent in Canada were sent to internment camps. The former Asahi members survived by playing ball. Their passion was contagious and soon other players joined in, among them RCMP officials and local townspeople. As a result, the games helped break down racial and cultural barriers.

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Robert Ito

Robert Ito

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