Mirakatani

Yesterday I watched a documentary on Mr. Mirakatani a homeless made documentary on an American born Japanese Artist. Though Pearl Harbour Story is well documented and made famous by numerous movies and documentaries. The Japanese side of story was new to me. Mr. Mirakatni was sent to concentration camp in Tulu lake, near castle rock mountain even though he was born in Sacramento, California. More than 7 out of 10 American born Japanese had lost their citizenship in that frenzy. His paintings were really good spanning lots of different area from Hiroshima, to different animals etc. The story has a good ending. He got back his citizenship in 1958 but was not aware of till the shooting of this independent movie. His reluctance to take social security check and for a 81 yr old, he is in pretty good health.