Movies: Teruaki Akai

Story of displacement, power, and vulnerability told through the relationship between a hostess, the bartender she loves, and the boss who controls them. The story is set in the underworld of the New York City's Japanese Diaspora....

June, a survivor of the Japanese American incarceration camps, takes her first pilgrimage for her 70th birthday, to confront all her demons, shame, and fear — whether she wants to or not....