Mitsunori Kawagoye oral history interview, part 1 of 3, March 24, 2007

Kawagoye begins the interview talking about his family and how they immigrated from Kagoshima to Los Angeles. It was in Santa Monica that his father would first open a restaurant, followed by becoming a gardener in the West LA area. Mitsunori would attend both regular schooling, as well as Japanese language classes, involving himself in glee club. He would spend a lot of time at the piers in Santa Monica and Ocean Park, finding a deep interest in movies and reading at a young age, that would shape his life going forward. Though he was the only Japanese in his school, he would rarely see discrimination, and would enjoy his childhood, often being near celebrities.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/748-Kawagoye-Mitsunori-1.m4v

1923 Feb 07

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