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Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story
Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story

SLEEPING TIGERS: THE ASAHI BASEBALL STORY

Directed by Jari Osborne
Canada, 2003
Documentary, History, War

Synopsis

Tells the story of the Asahi baseball team. In pre-World War II Vancouver, the team was unbeatable, winning the Pacific Northwest Championship for five straight years. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, all persons of Japanese descent in Canada were sent to internment camps.

Synopsis

Tells the story of the Asahi baseball team. In pre-World War II Vancouver, the team was unbeatable, winning the Pacific Northwest Championship for five straight years. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, all persons of Japanese descent in Canada were sent to internment camps.