The First Battle: Credits
Tom Coffman
Writer/Producer & Director
Robert Bates
Director of Historical Re-creations
Editor and Sound Designer
Ryan Kawamoto
Director of Photography
Stephan Fox
Music Score
David Hoole
Narrator
Nyla Fujii
Eric Nemoto
Narrators
Additional voices by
Randall Duk Kim
Billie Sage
Craig Howe
Stan Kashiwada
Tom Coffman
"Nisei" Big Band Music
Wakare No Isochidori,
Ringo Oiwake & Tokyo Boogie
from Club Nisei
Gomenasai
from Hawaiian Nisei Songs
Musume Junrei
from Favorite Japanese Instrumentals
Courtesy of Cord International-Hanaola Records
www.cordinternational.com
Distributed to PBS by the
Center for Asian American Media
San Francisco
Actors
Principal
Edward Sclafani as Robert Shivers
Gary Ontai as Hung Wai Ching
Eric Nemoto as Shigeo Yoshida
John Bopp as John A. Burns
David Farmer as Col. Kendall Fielder
Gerry Altweis as Charles Hemmenway
David Takagi as Executive
Ryan Sueoka as Soldier
Additional
Andrew Atkinson
Bob Stevens
Kandie Stevens
Kellie Ching
April Lee
Stacey Hayashi
Ron Iinuma
Eda Sakamoto-Iinuma
Ralph Goto
Jim Kraus
Karen Iboshi
Danica Iboshi Bates
Neal Izumi
James "Sandy" Putt
Dan Furst
Serena Karnagy
Kristina Pollock
Michiko Kodama-Nishimoto
Warren Nishimoto
George Ashford
Debbie Pollock
Scott Fujii
Benjamin Nishimoto
Scott Nishimoto
Stephen Meyers
Sean Ibara
Ian Whittle
Brian Rocheleau
Dane K. Justman
Bryan Sato
Melanie Yang
Patrick Von Wiegandt
Principal Musicians
Ignacio Jang
DeShannon Higa
Crew
Amos Kotomori, Production Designer
Laura Santi, Wardrobe Assistant
Frank Mitchell, Props Assistant
Misty Verdadero-Ching, Assistant Makeup/hair
Janine de Greef, Assistant Makeup/hair
Chrissy Chock, Assistant Makeup/hair
Shelly O'Brien, Assistant to the Producer
Jim McGee, Assistant Camera
Greg Meredith, Gaffer
Scott Lisetor, Key Grip
James "Sandy" Putt, Grip
Nathanael J. Coffman, Grip
Raygan Woolsey, Driver/Grip
Martin L. Gacusana, Driver/Grip
Drew M. Des Jarlais, Driver/Grip
Matthew Medeiros , Production Intern
Hawaii Film and Video – Jason Fratis
Extra Mahalos
Mahalo for locations
Lee Stack, Armstrong Building
Toshi Kimura, Hawaii Ishizuchi Jinga Kyodan
Sam and Mary Cooke
Richard and Mildred Kosaki
Church of the Crossroads
Pacific Guardian Center, Dillingham Transportation Building
State of Hawaii
Iolani Palace
Judiciary History Center
Supporting Organizations
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii
Japanese American Citizens League/Hawaii
Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition/Hawaii
United Nations Association/Hawaii
Major Funders
Central Pacific Bank
Gerdobe Foundation
Hawaii Pacific Rim Society
Island Insurance Company
Additional Contributors
Atherton Foundation
Cooke Foundation
Hawai'i Council for the Humanities
Pritzker Foundation
Bank of Hawai'i Foundation
Lita Blankenfeld
Laura Thompson
Stuart Ho
Herb Isonaga
Robert and Ruth Oshiro
Jean Rolles
Thomas and Hideko Sakata
Yoshiharu and Ikuko Satoh
Elizabeth Takahashi
Fred and Vi Trotter
Special Thanks
Colbert Matsumoto
Franklin Tokioka
Dr. Ruth Ono
Cathy Cooke
Dr. Mary Bitterman
The Hon. George R. Ariyoshi
U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye
Eddie Wong
Don Young
David Koch
Robbie Alm
Maj. Paul Egli, University of Hawaii ROTC
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
National Archives II
Hawaii War Records Division at Hamilton Library
Shigeo Yoshida Family
Hung Wai Ching Family
Lisa Gannon, NARA II Searcher
Ted T. Tsukiyama
Dr. Richard H. and Mildred Doi Kosaki
Sam Cooke
Donn Ariyoshi
State Sen. Carole Fukunaga
Dr. Tetsu Kashima
Herb and Sue Isonaga
Tom Layton
Hideo Murakami
Russell Okata
Donna Tanoue
Robert Midkiff
Volunteer Coordination
Marsha Joyner
Allicyn Tasaka
Film Stock by Kodak
Forde Motion Picture Labs
Pacific Music Productions
TONY's Hawaii Sound Studio
Pacific Business Machines
McClain Auction
Antique Alley
Savers
Goodwill
Salvation Army
Tuxedo Junction
Website
Shelly O'Brien, Content
Nathanael Coffman, Editor/Extended Interviews
William Morrison, Design - Morrison88.com
Maureen Lee, Graphics - of Eric Woo Design