Chris Tashima

On the eve of war, a Japanese American family buries a secret. Three generations later, a clue unearths the truth of their historic past.

A gritty and sexually frank story about a half-Japanese teenager who’s life in inner-city L.A. spirals out of control after her parents’ divorce.

Adapted from the award-winning young-adult book by Graham Salisbury, and based on actual events, Under the Blood-Red Sun tells the unforgettable story of friendship, courage and survival of a Japanese-American family living in Hawaii during the 1941 attack on the US at Pearl Harbor.