Sleeping Tigers : The Asahi Baseball Story

Osborne, Jari, (film director.). King-Chigbo, Karen, (film producer.). Basmajian, Silva, (film producer.). Lore, Louise, (film producer.). Sweeney, Sylvia, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: In pre-World War II Vancouver the Asahi baseball team was unbeatable, outplaying the taller Caucasian teams and winning the prestigious Pacific Northwest Championship for five straight years. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the Canadian government sent every person of Japanese descent, whether born in Canada or not, to internment camps. Faced with hardship and isolation, the former Asahi members survived by playing baseball. Their passion for this quintessential North American game soon attracted other players, including RCMP and local townspeople, and the baseball games helped to break down racial and cultural barriers. In Sleeping Tigers, award-winning director Jari Osborne skillfully weaves archival film and dramatic re-creations, along with candid interviews with the last of the Asahi, to tell this remarkable story.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (50 min., 47 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2008.
Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

General Note:	BIPOC filmmaker. Agency - English program:.Documentary - Ontario.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Jari Osborne ; director, Jari Osborne ; producer, Karen King-Chigbo ; editor, Ricardo Acosta ; director of photography, Michael Grippo ; sound design, Alan Geldart ; original music, Guy Zerafa ; sound recordist, Jim Ursulak ; visual researcher, Tanya Fleet ; consultant, Norah Wakula ; re-recording mixer, Steve Munro, Timothy Mehlenbacher ; foley artist, Sid Lieberman ; costume designer, Maia Daniel ; makeup artist, Lisa Brown ; senior producer, Silva Basmajian ; executive producer, Louise Lore, Sylvia Sweeney.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Robert Ito ; actor, Bryce Davie, Chris Morton, Trevor Jey Shimizu, Mike Takahashi, Ted Wakabayashi, Samuel Yamada, Chardin Jarret-Amor, Ben McPhee, Aaron Pitts, James Rutherford, Troy Weston, Sano Erik Liyoshi.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2002.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Banff Rockie Award - Category: Sports Programs, 2004 Best Feature Documentary, 2003 Honorable Mention - Category: The Humanities, 2003 Jury Award, 2004
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).