For Us All

A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast.

The play draws much inspiration from Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and his Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai (University of Washington Press 2015) and Justice Delayed by Peter Irons (Wesleyan University Press 1989).

Includes a conversation with playwright Jeanne Sakata and four of the attorneys from the Korematsu v. United States case: Lori Bannai, Peter Irons, Dale Minami and Don Tamaki.

For Us All is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in January 2021.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Edward Asner as John J. McCloy

Brooke Ishibashi as Karen Korematsu

Tess Lina as Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, Times Analyst, Clerk

Mike McShane as Lt. General John L. DeWitt,

CBS News Anchor, ABC News Anchor, NBC Reporter

Derek Mio as Dale Minami

Joy Osmanski as Lorraine (Lori) Bannai, Maya

Jeanne Sakata as Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga

André Sogliuzzo as Edward Ennis, Victor Stone, NY Times Reporter

Josh Stamberg as Peter Irons

Greg Watanabe as Fred Korematsu, Eric Yamamoto

Paul Yen as Don Tamaki

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson

Prepared for audio by Mark Holden and mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Editor: Neil Wogenson

Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner