Fresh
A moving, heartfelt drama.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Overview
American Pastime tells a poignant story set against the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. Rounded up and uprooted from their everyday lives, they remained loyal to the United States and ironically turned to that most American of sports - baseball - as a way to deal with their plight.
Director and cast
- Desmond Nakano Director
- Gary Cole as Billy Burrell
- Leonardo Nam as Lane Nomura
- Aaron Yoo as Lyle Nomura
- Masatoshi Nakamura as Kaz Nomura
- Judy Ongg as Emi Nomura
- Jon Gries as Ed Tully
- Susanna Thompson as Shirley Burrell
- Seth Sakai as Nori Morita
- Sarah Drew as Katie Burrell
- Olesya Rulin as Cathy Reyes
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Rotten
With such rich material about dreams deferred, it's disheartening that co-writer-director Desmond Nakano's nobly made but patchy drama mires itself in nostalgia tropes and storytelling cliches.
Robert Abele, L.A. Weekly
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