page_title: Frank Chin
section_title: Movies
hierarchical_section_title: Frank Chin / Movies
caption_attribution_description: English: Actor Mako (fourth from left in truck) on location for John Korty's 1976 film, "Farewell to Manzanar." photo by Nancy Wong
context_page_description: Frank Chin is an American author and playwright. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Asian-American theatre.
context_section_description: The Year of the Dragon was an adaptation of Chin's play of the same name.  Starring George Takei, the film was televised in 1975 as part of the PBS Great Performances series.
  As an actor, Chin, appeared as an extra in the riot scene of the made-for-TV movie adaptation of Farewell to Manzanar. Chin was one of several Asian American writers who appeared in the movie; Shawn Wong and Lawson Fusao Inada, who, like Chin were co-editors of the anthology Aiiieeeee!, also acted in the riot scene.
   Chin would go on to criticize the movie in the May 1976 issue of Mother Jones.
caption: A snapshot from director John Korty's "Farewell to Manzanar." Chin is in the foreground, with Lawson Inada directly behind.
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