RESETTLEMENT - CHICAGO STORY
Narrative, 16min, 2023
Several years after the U.S. government’s forced incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, the Yamamoto family runs a struggling dry-cleaning business in Chicago.
Produced by Full Spectrum Features
Screenings
Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL
Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Seattle, WA
Nichi-Bei Foundation’s 2023 Films of Remembrance, San Francisco, CA
Nichi-Bei Foundation’s 2023 Films of Remembrance, San Jose, CA
UC Santa Cruz Night at the Museum, Santa Cruz, CA
Teacher Workshop with Facing History & Ourselves, Chicago, Chicago, IL
Watsonville Film Festival, Watsonville, CA
DisOrient Film Festival, Eugene, OR
New Jersey International Film Festival, NJ (Honorable Mention and Festival Director’s Citation for Performance)
Stills
Behind the Scene
cast Lynn Masako Cheng, Natsuko Aoike, Toshio Hirano
Incarceration camp survivors Jean Mishima, Joe Takehara, Kaz Ideno
director Reina Higashitani
writers Reina Higashitani and Eugene Sun Park
executive producer Eugene Sun Park
producers Jason Matsumoto, Yuki Sakamoto Solomon, Reina Higashitani
unit production manager Brian Khan
associate producer Veronica Barbosa
cinematographer Vittoria Campaner
editors April Merl and Reina Higashitani
production designer Maggie O'Brien
costume designer Izumi Inaba
music composer Aiko Fukushima
1st AD Saró Melero Bonnin
2nd AD Lua Borges
2nd 2nd AD Louie Morco
Script Supervisor Kimiko Wojtena
1st AC Rosaleah Gonzalez, Gavin Pringle
2nd AC Elaine Hocker
gaffer akina Van De Velde
electrical/key grip Max Vanderwerf
key grip Joe Ford
grip Jose Perez, Gavin Pringle, Sam Breedlove, Carlos Cabrera-Mayol
sound mixer Matt Collera
boom operator Tom Le
hair and makeup Grisel Perez
hair and makeup assistant Henri Byrd
set decorator Ellie Langshaw
props master Cris Garcia
construction coordinator Nick Weber
buyer Ania Bista
swing Beth Ashby, Ana Moreno, David Bryant, Kimberly Daul, Isabella Gianesi
website producer Katherine Nagasawa
production coordinator Kenyetta Johnson
production administrator Zoë Cullison-Shimada
production office PA Sydney Hamamoto
production assistants Kim Whitfield, Simon Kim
cat handler Judah Solomon
choreographer Robyn Mineko Williams
title & graphic design Kenna Camper
BTS photographer Ty Yamamoto
COVID compliance officer Joan Ambo
studio teacher Daniella Farhan
Teacher Dunning ⋅ ⋅ ⋅Lucinda Johnston
Mrs. Hall ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Marika Engelhardt
Pollie ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Kalia Young
Jack ⋅ ⋅ ⋅Jabari Jordan
Repairman⋅ ⋅ ⋅Duncan Nakajima
Young Sam⋅ ⋅ ⋅Kiyoshi Mino
Man on the street⋅ ⋅ ⋅Michael Takehara
Cleaners Customers⋅ ⋅ ⋅Dave Steven Sargent and Kim Whitfield
Students⋅ ⋅ ⋅Cameron Adams, Arda Akman, Olivia Bartolomei, Katherine Nagasawa, Brandon Pelayo, Jadon Randle, Hannah Savella, Zoë Cullison-Shimada
post production executive Michael Nehs
post production supervisor Joseph David Bowes
digital intermediate colorist Ryan Croft
digital intermediate assistant Emily Kaberlein
visual effects artists Ryan Croft
supervising sound editor Kendall Barron
re-recording mixer John Wong
foley supervisor/artist Jeremy Zussman
foley recordist/editor Peggy Vazquez Mellado Lopez
dialogue editor Kendall Barron
sound design Kendall Barron
ADR engineer Kendall Barron
closed captions All Senses Go
audio description
written by Matt Lauterbach
voiced by Monica Eng
copyright and licensing
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Ian Block
Andrew Fraker
Lee Barrington Stark
Joseph Sherling
catering
Aya Pastry
M Square
Papacito’s
educational advisory board
Dr. Jasmine Alinder
Andrew Allio
Clara Bergamini
Lisa Doi
Dr. Mary Doi
Patrick Hall
Dr. Kristen Hayashi
Matt Lauterbach
Emma Saito Lincoln
Erik Matsunaga
Dr. Ashley Cheyemi McNeil
Jean Mishima
Dr. Alice Murata
Katherine Nagasawa
Brian Niiya
Stephanie Nishimoto Lorenzo
Dr. Meredith Oda
Ting-Yi Oei
RJ Ramey
Dr. Beth Seltzer
Sheya
Dr. Jacalyn Harden
special thanks
Tonko & Paul Doi
Fred Sasaki
Daryn Wakasa
Natasha Varner
Gregory Collins
Lucia Vereen
Christine Park
Moto Tohda
Gwendolyn Infusino
Lia Lenart
Rie Kusama
Elenie Chung
Jessie Lee
Hanadi Elyan
Dr. Karen Leong
Maria Abraham
supported by
National Park Service
Screen Actors Guild
Illinois Film Office
Eleven04 / Light Modifiers
Periscope Post & Audio