An award-winning feature film by Japanese American director Tim Savage and produced by Dana Satler Hankins, from a screenplay by Salisbury, was released in 2014.

Tomi lives in Hawaii, and witnesses the shocking attack on Pearl Harbor.

[2] He is joined by his haole or white friend, Billy, when his father and grandfather are captured and brought to a prison camp.

Their friend Sanji (age 19) is killed, and Tomi's dad is shot in the leg.

[3] The cast of the 2014 film adaptation includes actors Kyler Ki Sakamoto, Kalama Epstein, Dann Seki, Autumn Ogawa, Wil Kahele, and Chris Tashima, as well as a cameo appearance by Graham Salisbury.