Photo: 95 and 6 To Go by Kimi Takesue.Honolulu, Hawai’i – a lone island surrounded by water seems an apt backdrop to get to know Tom Takesue, Kimi Takesue’s grandfather.
At first glance, Tom Takesue seems a brusque and healthy 90-something – a recent widower, busying himself in his house and grounds, forever sorting through papers, doing press-ups; he cuts a fine figure for his age. You could almost mistake him for being no-nonsense.
This all changes when Kimi, the documentary’s producer and Tom’s granddaughter, presents him with the script for her screenplay. Reading the screenplay seems to reignite the embers of Tom’s creativity and nudges him into sharing both candid glimpses of his past along with suggestions for his granddaughter’s screenplay. He later reveals a passion for short stories that he might have pursued had it not been for the onset of the Great Depression.
