An Issei patriarch and ideological foil to Morio Takara, Gaku is a man of uncompromising conviction. He rails against the government’s duplicity, against the hypocrisy of “loyalty questionnaires,” and against those who accept internment with passive obedience. His anger is not blind — it is informed, articulate, and dangerously public.
Gaku’s refusal to capitulate leads to his transfer to Tule Lake as a “disloyal,” and ultimately to forced repatriation to Japan. His bluster masks both pride and 