{"id":52092,"date":"2016-11-01T15:01:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T01:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=52092"},"modified":"2019-02-22T14:09:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T00:09:27","slug":"uh-hilo-lecturer-produces-documentary-about-historic-hero-of-honokaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/11\/01\/uh-hilo-lecturer-produces-documentary-about-historic-hero-of-honokaa\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo lecturer produces documentary about historic hero of Honoka\u02bba"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/csaCKFeyPsI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/directory\/view\/915\">Patsy Iwasaki<\/a><\/strong>, a lecturer in communication and English at the <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> at Hilo<\/a>, is bringing to life the legacy of Japanese immigrant Katsu Goto. Iwasaki, a media advocate using filmmaking to &ldquo;heal, impact and inspire diverse audiences to promote peace and equity,&rdquo; is executive producer of the documentary film, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/katsugotomovie.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span> Hero: The Story of Katsu Goto<\/a><\/em>, and she has big ambitions for the project.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to take this to the next level, get national interest,&rdquo; she says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52111\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-Meeting-10-small.jpg\" alt=\"Cast members in a meeting scene\" width=\"310\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-Meeting-10-small.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-Meeting-10-small-260x168.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cast members in a scene from the documentary film <em><span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span> Hero: The Story of Katsu Goto<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The story of Katsu Goto has its roots beginning in 1885, when, at the age of 23, he traveled to <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> to be a laborer on a sugar plantation in H&#257;m&#257;kua, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Island. When his contract was completed, he forged a path to become a local businessman and leader in a small Japanese community in the town of <span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span>, where he opened his own retail store while also fighting for the rights of his fellow community members working as plantation laborers.<\/p>\n<p>But his business success and selfless service ultimately led to a tragic end&#8212;on October 29, 1889, Goto was found hanging from a telephone pole, lynched in <span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span> town.<\/p>\n<p>Today, 127 years later, the story is being brought back to life with the help of modern technology and the vision of Iwasaki. She was inspired to research the story of this little known Japanese immigrant after being the first to receive an award from the Goto of Hiroshima Foundation. Iwasaki was granted funding to travel to Japan in 1993, and her journey began.<\/p>\n<h2>Making a documentary film<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52112\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-katsu-cast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"174\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-katsu-cast.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-katsu-cast-260x146.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cast members of the documentary film <em><span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span> Hero: The Story of Katsu Goto<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year, Iwasaki and her team are taking the story to the next level and making a full-length documentary with sponsorship from the Katsu Goto Memorial Committee of the <span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span> Hongwanji Mission, an affiliate of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>Iwasaki enlisted the help of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/keaohou\/2012\/10\/17\/johnson-drama\/\">Jackie Pualani Johnson<\/a><\/strong>, professor of drama, and a crew of students, recent graduates and community members. Johnson says that her interest was piqued when she saw a trailer that Iwasaki produced with Miller for the Bishop Museum exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I saw the quality that they were striving to achieve, I immediately wanted to be a part of it,&rdquo; says Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Iwasaki and crew had already begun filming interviews in 2014 and, with Johnson&#8217;s help, began filming reenactment scenes in 2016. This past year they have had approximately 40 actors and production members collaborate with them on the project.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, read the full article at <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/news\/stories\/2016\/10\/27\/katsu-goto\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;From <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/news\/stories\/2016\/10\/27\/katsu-goto\/\"><em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>, Lara Hughes, public information intern in the Office of the Chancellor.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52108\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-katsu-store-scene.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-katsu-store-scene.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-katsu-store-scene-260x174.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kimo Apaka in the role of <span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span> businessman Katsu Goto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo&#8217;s Patsy Iwasaki produces documentary film set in the late 19th century examining the life and death of Japanese immigrant Katsu Goto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[646,14,907,56],"class_list":["post-52092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-film","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52092"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91253,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52092\/revisions\/91253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}