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I'll Remember April
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Directed by Bob Clark
Produced by Paul Colichman
David Forrest
Mark R. Harris
Mark Headley
Sam Irvin
Written by Mark Sanderson
Starring Pat Morita
Trevor Morgan
Pam Dawber
Haley Joel Osment
Mark Harmon
Music by Paul Zaza
Cinematography Stephen M. Katz
Distributed by Regent Entertainment
Pioneer Entertainment
Release date(s) April 5, 1999 (1999-04-05)
Running time 90 min.
Country United States
Language English

I'll Remember April is a 1999 American family drama film starring Pat Morita, Pam Dawber, Haley Joel Osment, Mark Harmon and Yuki Tokuhiro. It was directed by Bob Clark.

Plot

Four children capture a Japanese soldier who washes ashore during the Second World War.

Although the horrors of World War II are far removed from the Pacific Coast community where adolescent Duke Cooper (Trevor Morgan) and his three best chums play soldier, experiment with swearing, and earnestly patrol the beach for Japanese submarines, the realities of the war are about to come crashing down around them. Not when a Japanese soldier, stranded and wounded when his sub quickly dived, washes ashore; his capture by the foursome merely allows for more playtime and thoughts of becoming heroes. It's coming because Duke's older brother is on some island awaiting combat and the black sedans with military tags have already begun rolling through town to deliver their grim announcements. And Duke's Japanese American pal Willie Tanaka (Yuki Tokuhiro), all three feet and 55 pounds of him, has suddenly become a threat to national security, so he, his mother, and grandfather are soon to be shipped away to an internment camp.

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