She is still alive

Seventeen Syllables by Hisaye Yamamoto is about Japanese immigrants and the difficult time they had when coming to the United States. It is also about the clash of cultural differences.

Sana Ichimiya was born in 1984, in Okinawa, Japan.

The cast of Rabbit in the Moon - 1999 includes: Ernest Besig as himself Frank Emi as himself James Hirabayashi as himself Hiroshi Kashiwagi as himself Mits Koshiyama Frank Miyamoto as himself Chizuko Omori as herself James Omura as himself Shosuke Sasaki Harry Ueno as himself Hisaye Yamamoto

Chris Yamamoto's birth name is Christopher Yamamoto.