sansedai (三世代)

[DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM]

Through intimate conversations over old photobooks and home movies from the 1930s, SANSEDAI (三世代) explores themes of identity and belonging as it follows the filmmaker’s 92-year-old grandmother’s journey growing up during war, migrating to a country that was once deemed an enemy, and what it means to be Japanese-American.

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Screenings

May 2, 2024 — VC Film Festival // Los Angeles, CA [WORLD PREMIERE]
May 9, 2024 — VC Film Festival // Long Beach, CA [Encore Screening]
October 19, 2024 — Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest // Sunnyvale, CA
November 7-17, 2024 — Philly Asian American Film Festival // Philadelphia, PA
December 1, 2024 — Boston Japan Film Festival // Boston, MA
December 13, 2024 — FilmGood Festival // Los Angeles, CA

directed and written by KAYLI KIMURA
featuring YASUKO KIMURA, KIYOSHI KIMURA, KAYLI KIMURA, & AMY WEISS
produced by VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS & KAYLI KIMURA
cinematography by KAYLI KIMURA
editor KAYLI KIMURA
music by MIRELLE CABANGBANG & JENNIFER CLEMENA-MAGAT
associate producer AKINYEMI
additional camera AKINYEMI
sound editor MICAH GARRIDO
sound mixer AKINYEMI
recording engineer AKINYEMI
colorist KAYLI KIMURA
kimono dresser AKANE MASHIMO

archival footage by:
KIYOSHI & YASUKO KIMURA
My Great-Grandfathers:
ISAMU KIMURA (1895-1981)
KENICHI TANAKA (1903-1966)
Thank you for instilling filmmaking in my genes.

special thanks
AWC 2024 COHORT
VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS
VEIALU AILA-UNSWORTH
ASAVARI KUMAR
AMY WEISS
LISA KIMURA
KENNY KIMURA
DANNY WEISS
AKINYEMI
FUJIFILM

the armed with a camera fellowship is sponsored in part by grants from
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
ELIZABETH SUNG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL