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THE NEW CANADIAN
Wednesday. September 22. 1954
THE NEW CANADIAN
�a � m�dhitts of cxprMCtOB fcnd a*w� outkt . AttOAg thoM of'japmoi origin ki GamuU 47f <����� 44. W. - KMpir* *^W� ^ T�r*�t�. Oat.
HENRY MORITSUGU '
TAKAICHI UMBZUKI ., . . . J�pmne*e S�<ion Editor
KEN MORI _ - _____ -
$3.(H) for
Subttcription ih Advance motithn '$6,00 JHT one year
ON ASSIMILATION
So-called "ih'assimilability" of the Japanes-1 into ilicCanadian \va.v of'!ife was a \\oll worn theme in anti-Japanos-v movomonts, :prior to and 'after the outbreak of the Second AVorld War. Sucli specific items as Japanese (anKiiage schools. Buddhist temples, and the lo\v rate of intor-man-iaKe wei*e -cited as definite proof that the Japanese could never Hilly become Canadian citizens. ; � . :
Most Canadian Nisei have fought to disprove this theory/Some have even come lo despise Hie socicyty of t h el r c o i \ivrn p o ra ry N i se i f el 1 o w s. -t) bs'p i t e t h e fa c i t h a t .discrimination has since been broken down to almost .notliiii^, vSome of Uiese Nisei, perhaps di-iveiv a little too far. now find it; difficult or have no desire to resume llieir old ties ^yith the Japanese community,
OrigiiKilly behind the fliiest for assimilation was �(bedesire to become fully Canadian citizens. The question now a rises; Is coTn i>l ete assimi 1 ation a ref| ii isite. f or �.(�i'tixonship ? : : J-
At the recently, concluded national convention of the Japanese American Citixehs T.eague in T.os Angeles. l\eynote speaker Dorc Senary said: � :
1 ;'� "It secniX to me tlut Arnerici IMS remained strong atul trium-phanl hccAuse i( luis contained .in its \socicty (he individii.tlity of in;iny of its citizens and in.ihy of its groups, while at the s.une time c.sr.ihlishin^ a common lx)iul_ o f Americanism, ".
"Part of America's sirenicith is the..indivMiial.contribution that
.croups have. nude. a$ groups, to t lie America n scene, and I \lo not
.believe that "tlic solution to any remaining problems is hascxl on
the (Ivcor)' that all of us should Ixxonic st.in'jyilizeJ- into^^ 5omc
coni{\->s i t e jvch t re o f w ha t one pa r t Zcu 1 a r p rou p may ca 11 Ame n cari.
v>Xrc have no\ititntl<irtliziii American. Our American^ have
strange but familiar :narncs^ Whl<c W^ranal>e. X^V^anski. Spinelli;
KellyvGoK]hcri!;H<!warcls. Morttai%qni\ Olsoii and NX^ittenrxTo.
"I i�u-c you.; therefore, in these your 'discussions/ as you
contemplate your problems and the issues fhat confront you. not
to lose your (iivcrsitv. Kit . rather, to lent! .your .diversity to the
/American scene^ ;VtQ:brintj alTthat is, ijoo<r and l^untiful of
your Japaac<e inheritance to this. Our American scene � and to
.take from the .crucible that is America those thihcs that are
'.- offered yoit" � .'/. �� ' ;.".�,�'. '/�''-- ; � " :.
All. tins applies .in the ^ame exte.nt to the Nisei. . in Canada. / �.'.-" ,-.�':. ''. - .-� =:
While -Vvho!t^omo;:inie^ ?:elation.ships with all other
���^roii'i>s plnv a bi^r part iiv the ^Canadian societv. each
man has :some ;hasic individual qualities, and so should
ha\v oach ethnic -group; to play an essential, patriotic
; role. : '- ' -. '. ', �;�:,�.�'
: Th�> -TCCA \s Uii\ loeical hasis for continuin-r ibe iKA-^ioivmt^nt. of the Japanese Canadian conlnumifv as a ropivsorifatjvo .ot!inic.irroup,.;in integral-part of the Canadian way of life. � �'-'.:.
Movie Fanre Growing
(Cont'd from P. 1)
people of the attainments of another can bring a new measure 'of international 'und'o-r>tandinjir , . , can bring n--\v 'hoaft, now c-reu-tiveness, m-w/vitality and -re\v sense. of rosjiect and. affection to 'all of ''tis.'1.
<..NYw York i-r.itU'S, who turned handsprings .for Kashomon. wrro mixrd in'their reaction to l-Rt'tsit. The Times thought .it had ''an "au eerie charm" but said '''it \v-ill lif hard for American alidi-< nCi.-s .to (�om.preht'nd." ' The Her-'ald-Trihuiiv added that ."nervous westvriis won't find I'jii'tsu t:h�;ir; dish of Japanese 'tea unless thoy'r.o. willing to sip .slowly." he Daily News also- noted". tho film's. leisurely JKUV biit applrnid-e<j it .as "an intense].;,- interosting exhibit." and one. to bo. seen dis.-
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By CINDERELLA
'If We Would Only Stop and Think
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Tapan-Italy Filming of "Madame Butterfly
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� Two- other Daiei films, also prj/'ewinnors. aiv .in.1 ing*. prepared for American premieres; One j:--Jigoknmon (Goto of Hell), the winner r.f the.rojvnt Canno.s international -.film .fes'tivat and. a story with" a "historical setting in the "same period' as Kashoinon. The other is Konjiki Yasha (Golden. DeihonJ,, grand prize winner of .the Kast Asia .film 'festival held recently Jn Tokyo. Ameri--cans \yho.have see iv K on jiki Yasha have predicted that this story of unrequited love in the.. 19th con-. tury Japan will equal the success of Kashomou in -America.
���' During the past week Japanese;
filmmakers.reeoeived .now honors.;
AL the 10f>;t Venice /fog.tjvaj. two;
Japanese entries-, Samurai and
Fmictiomiry Sansho, tied with tho ..American' On the NYatorfroni and
the Italian La Strade for the .s� Cond-placo Silver . Lioii award.
The" top Golden Lion' prize \vent. '. t�> Komei) and Juliet. a joint
British-Italian prodiicti.on. " �
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'\o\v\vo don't .know what kind 'of. business the Fuji .-theater did in downtown l.o.s A'ngolos .during-those years before iv.ari Harbor, but .i{ Couldn't have :heon .too-good. T-he .audience was :Hiniied. ;ind . tho place.'. as we recall it. didn't '-even ' ' h'av'o. a '' .popcorn": .machine-.- " . �"/�'":�.
If it w.ovo still in. business to-
day." last '"we .heard -'-'-. aiui .th.af
was -some -time ago .� - it's r.oir.e
had .boon, "chauged ' t>>. tho T.ir.dn
'-1;ea.-tho Fuji oou!d.e"-nit "on 'a far
wider -audi.Mieo for its ..Japanese"'
'.fijiv. s. The Ja �>;);�>">�:� iv �! ron pie-
�!i!!V is hr*. tor than i: over was.
Cto^d Japanese filv.- >'.-.' "ike- Ka>ho-
mon a:ui I uotMi. � hn\v i^:; irir.;v-
::�'!� ;-i-d ~art:s;-> -i'-t-'cri'y; �-.'.���>
. i;';a;\v:rs wjs.ch w-'ro 'aex'^i "-
the �pre.-l'r.Tr1 Harb-T -.pr---,i;:c�*.
IF WR would, only- stop and" IrnnV, w.e would not xlo tho - v ^-peculiar things "wo as human beings find oursolye^ c!.^,' .\ individual citizens we would no' more dream t-�f part-rip;-tin-i i�>.� � exploiting of human beings or in'aup^udin? perversion tlu--; w.mld attempt grand larceny, but got us as a group, and for,/� �nu'st part, we've had it./ , / �-.� '
Th<> power of m;^s :psychology \vos donyonstraiod to tli- ";:-� :degr,'�;� on the occasion of Marilyn. Hell's, 'dec-untie achiovom^-, ;T:: who].- of Canada' literally Avont wild. And -conservative Tor..'!:'..;-.-..: guilty of shenanigans she had fr.nvned on in; the last presid, :;�:;; Campaign in the United States. It was all. there� the tk-k,:-r -;;-welcome,' the. speeches, .the: gifts, tho Hollywood offers, and A-\ almost.public appropriation of. a Canadian girrs personality. /: individuality, and her success. \ �"'-�.'/'. .-�' /���
llike to think of Marilyn Hell rts an individual. She's- an oxa- ;>: of lovely .Canadian . girlhood, with all the normal reactions '.or : healthy toonagor, with all the normal attitudes of a girl who lik. the country she calls hor birthplnco, and -enjoys in a normal w-; its privileges. She has an honest, competitive pride that rankl> when '.Canadians are by-passed. She's regular enough and --for;;: right "enough .to allow her ''angry'' pride/to carry her right U: with no thought of self-gain, to prove that Canaidiaiis are just :i good as anybody else. I. do. not think it ever occurred to":her, bofor. she plunge(l into Lake Ontario .or even when she realised that ?V had won, thnt. she would be giving up the normal things whir youngsters frouv nornialV healthy families are likely to do ajui :&�� -r like teaching:the physically-handicappod to swini, singing in tr clioir every Sunday "in .an avei-age sort of voice, pouring ovor hon work every school night," and having (he occasional date -with ^ boy or another. 1 like to think/that she has dreams: too --/dro-r:>. which at present are not as crystalized a? her love for. swimnii!:;-; hut (Irohnis which, as sho, grows in experience and in knowledi'' will moan fulfilment. ; ; ;
And suddenly a roiiresoiitativo of the New "York Office of P; Music Corporation of.-America, would .Confer "with her advrs> v regarding certain contracts, which would/prove beneficial:-'to.:].��-.; It does not occur to him;and; to many others whp are--roady ' capitalize on tho -unusual, that iVfarily'iv Bel 1. was doing all right -l.>; herself all'along. She tes, those qualities \\'hich: make for a wor'h v;l\i.le individual/ Sho has the stamina and the pluck to serve :lv in m.onvents of imhoayal and stress. And with .a coach such �-a.?. 'T-; Ryder, she couldn't mis?. - - . � - : ' . ��'.'
. AVhaf are the things which will prove beneficial lo/Nlariiy Hell? One wonders "what the roprosontativefroni the Now Y<H-' Office nioans by bonofit-:, "A kind, of goldfish-in-a-bowl oxisier!.., paraded around like a oire-is attraction as the ''Lady of tho. I.rikt' (an atrocious, caption, if eyrr'.there was one!),- or .billed as 1'. ��Cajiadian Ksthv-r Williams':'. A second "Esther Williams isn't ~6<i~-enough for, a "girl who.'has' pluck enough Jo prove 'against;.odd-s' �->..:� a-cortain" practice \vasnot.a fair-one. ' ' :; - �"�"-�
- . Is ^rarilyn to be "allowed i-o- grow tip -a haupy individual 'oy-;-' sho destinod to Join" the world of.phonios; ith'o^io? who fj.ll. r-'v!--.. coh;mi\s in � the "newspapers with ''bizarre, ant ic-s? ."\Vo.havo thenv-the f!ashos..in .the'pan. "the: one-Vorir or -two-yon/- stands, who v-: M-ornisod'benefits bof�>ro.'thr-y W<*ro''r-;-;-,dy f u- thern: Th-y ay-- *:; .show' pieo-es.'the butt'of iokos. the '�;}6/>plo"-\vho.':.'lr:;ve'-'be'' .:; <:rir>1:"v : 'o tho rxploifors of'anything .that will catch iV'faney of '!;ho p""1^' :-.!:d- will make tho money roll in. ...�"'."� . , .. .
And yet, "when wo stop to think ahout it/Hi- ox{�l�'-?"u:rs'a:�='*�.: to be bbmod as" entirely rosponsiblo for this state," ^ r.nr tho oivs who follow "tho .allies .^f Zsa 7sa �-�';:�.'- ���� cirriiir of- Christ 'rv /Torgons^n; the-''cha.n:p-o?is: and &.��� tho b--.x;ncr r:ncr..fho d-aths-'and STMIJS of auto rn^.-s -
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