Uplink DVD Selection: The Cats of Mirikitani

Documentary Film DVD
"The Cats of Mirikitani ('06 USA)"

Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani
Janice Mirikitani
Linda Hattendorf

2006 Uplink ULD-399 Main Feature 74 minutes + Extras Price: 3800 yen + tax

JAN 4932487023998

"The Cats of Mirikitani" is a documentary that follows the journey of Jimmy Mirikitani, an 80-year-old Japanese-American street artist living in New York, as he rediscovers the 60 years he lost. It is also a film that depicts the healing of his heart through friendship and art.
On September 11, 2001, amidst the tension of the World Trade Center collapsing, there was a man engrossed in his painting. His name is Jimmy Mirikitani. Born in California, he was sent to a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II and renounced his U.S. citizenship in protest. His rebellious life began from that moment. Linda Hattendorf, the director of this film, who had occasionally filmed him, bought his paintings and invited him to her apartment that day, and from there, their strange cohabitation began. It was a journey of two people working together to confront Jimmy Mirikitani's painful past.

■Bonus Footage:
・Stage greetings during his visit to Japan
・Attendance at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
・Director Hattendorf Interview
・First solo exhibition in Seattle
・Theatrical trailer

Disc surface is generally in good condition.

The main body and obi have some damage.

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