"The play is my gut's response to stories that have to do with my own bloodline. I think it is a great luxury and adventure to be able to dive into one's own history, one's own lineage, psychology and story, and illumine and at the same time fictionalize it."
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Theatre directorsFilm directors from the United StatesPlaywrights from the United StatesGuggenheim FellowsJapanese Americans
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On his play Yachiyo in “Family Secret Revealed on Stage / Philip Kan Gotanda tells tragic story of aunt he never knew in `Yachiyo'” in SF Gate (1995 Nov 5)
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