SANSEDAI (三世代)

Directed by Kayli Kimura · 2024

Over old photobooks and 1930s home movies, a filmmaker talks with her 92-year-old grandmother about growing up in wartime Japan, migrating to America and what it means to be Japanese-American.

An intimate, archive-rich portrait of a grandmother bridging war, migration and three generations of identity.

Through intimate conversations over old photobooks and home movies from the 1930s, sansedai (三世代) explores themes of identity and belonging as it follows the filmmaker’s 92-year-old grandmother’s journey growing up durin

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