Finding Dohi

The plot

FINDING DOHI is an intimate portrait of a woman separated by culture, language, and thousands of miles from a family she has never met. Daphne, a 3rd generation Japanese-American, holds on to letters sent to her mother long ago. The contents of the letters are a mystery, as they are written in Japanese - and she cannot read or understand the language. Thus begins her decades-long pursuit to fill in the scant details she knows about her Grandfather Dohi, who immigrated to Hawai'i from a rural Japanese village in 1891.

Documented by her daughter, their journey from Hawai‘i to Japan explores the themes of language and culture loss, identity, honoring ancestors, and reconnection, and reminds us that some family bonds cannot be broken no matter the time or distance.

• Age Rating General (12 and under)
• Running time 00:25:30 mins



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