BOGAAZAN!: The Child on the Battleship Yamato

As the Japanese battleship Yamato steams towards the island of Okinawa in the closing months of World War II, a naval officer on board makes an unexpected discovery among the stores of rice, leeks, and pickled radishes. A child has stowed away there, hoping to return to her mother on Okinawa. His reluctant decision to protect her prompts a voyage of inner discovery and stirs emotions as deep as the seas that threaten to swallow his “unsinkable” ship.

Recorded live in performance at the Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica, in July 1995.

• Directed by Mako
• Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg
• June Angela as Maiko Ooshiro
• Francois Chau as Chef Koukichi Tsuji
• Shizuko Hoshi as Ichikawa’s daughter Maiko
• Jim Ishida as Broadcasting Station Chief
• Dana Lee as Captain Ariga
• James Saito as Leading Seaman Eiichi Kondo
• Shaun Shimoda as Boy Seaman Takeo
• B.D. Wong as Sub-Lieutenant Takeshi Ichikawa
• Keone Young as Old Ichikawa
• Associate Producer: Robert Robinson
• Radio Producer: Raymond Guarna
• Foley Artist: Amy Strong