Judaku
(Acceptance)
“Judaku” means Acceptance, but only if you were Japanese in December of 1963; an American Sailor penetrated that trust, and entered a closed society of nobility and notoriety.
Based on the true life experiences of the author, this is an unlikely story of love that reaches across cultures. Michael Renaud, the young American Navy sailor on his first tour of duty overseas, meets Akiko who is from a noble Japanese family with blood ties to the Imperial family.
The passion they have for each other can not be quenched. Against the backdrop of 1960s Japan, with the memory of war still fresh in the minds of the older generation, is an emerging generation of young Japanese that wants to shed their cultural norms. The American sailor finds himself in the midst of this larger cultural shift that is happening, and he is able to become part of a society that few other foreigners ever see.
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Beyond the Lens
Growing up in Los Angeles was no different than living any major city. The land of Motion Pictures, Television, Movie Stars, glitz, and all that Hollywood had to offer was the link to Los Angeles. I never thought about getting into that business while growing up, watching TV or going to films, living around it all the time. I really wasn’t interested until one day, I was handed a personal invitation.
Warner Bros. Studio was a dreamer’s paradise, an artist canvas, a kid’s fantasy all put together. Built in 1923 on 144 acres, it was located on the sideline of Burbank city, down below the backside of the Hollywood sign and squashed between North Hollywood and the community of Toluca Lake, California. It is hard to describe a place where hopes, dreams and ambitions for that gold statue at the end of the rainbow was the driving force for one and all and my climb up the ladder.
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Yuzo Kayama
(His genius)
友達
Tomodachi
Friend
In Japan there are those who achieve
success through the accomplishments of
others, and then there is one who
achieved it all through the genius of
himself. They call him Yuzo Kayama,
“I call him David.”