Diamonds in the Rough
Zeni and the Legacy of Japanese American Baseball

During WWII, over 120,000 Japanese Americans, including the program's narrator Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (The Karate Kid, Happy Days), were forced into remote internment camps. Behind the barbed wire, baseball helped many people survive this humiliating ordeal.

This poignant documentary pays tribute to Kenichi Zenimura, commonly referred to as "The Father of Japanese American Baseball." However, it is much more than the biography of one man, it is the story of a legacy in which baseball helped transcend bigotry and hatred to bring pride and respect to Japanese Americans who loved the game. And thanks to Curator Kerry Yo Nakagawa, this program is a lasting treasure of the Diamonds in the Rough International Exhibit dedicated to Japanese Americans in baseball.

VHS $29.95

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