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The Sweet and the Bitter and Shōgun: James Clavell’s Vancouver Saga
From: Shot in Vancouver
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In this chapter, Wiebe traces James Clavell’s Vancouver years, discussing how his 1962 film The Sweet and the Bitter, which addressed the internment of Japanese Canadians, connects to his 1975 bestselling novel Shōgun.
Contributors
Sam Wiebe
Sam Wiebe (he/him) is a lifelong movie fan and an award-winning and bestselling author of Pacific Northwest crime fiction. His series of novels about Vancouver PI Dave Wakeland is one of the most authentic and acclaimed in contemporary detective series. Wiebe's other work includes Ocean Drive, Last of the Independents, and the Ethan Brand series, set in Washington State and written under the pen name Nolan Chase. Wiebe has won the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize and two Crime Writers of Canada awards and was nominated for the Edgar, Hammett, Shamus, and City of Vancouver book prizes. He lives in New Westminster, BC.
