It refers to the children of those who lived orhave been livingin the U.S. because of afamily member's job transfer, whostudiedin the U.S., orwho immigrated to the U.S. since the late 1970s, when Japanese companies started penetrating the U.S. market (Ex. Masi OKA, a Japanese American actor).
Prior to World War II, they were called 'jindaishi (history of mythological age)' or 'taikoshi (history of ancient times)' and, after the war (until the 1970s) Kiyohiho AGO called them 'chokodai monjo (super-ancient documents).'
In the 1970's, hemainly worked on scripts for TV period dramas, although hedirected "The Dark Side of Ranpo EDOGAWA," regarded asamasterpiece of occult cinema, and epicseriessuchas "Musashi MIYAMOTO," "Life Game" and "Flower and Dragon" for Shochiku, and "Nihon kyoka den" (Legend of the Yakuza) and "Like a Flame" for Toho.
Since the late 1970s, after having left Toho, hedirectedsuch films: "Dynamite Bang Bang" (informalliteral English title) (1978), "At This Late Date, the Charleston" (1981), and "Dixieland Daimyo" (1986).
Since the 1970's he was involvedinproduction and scriptwriting of TV dramas suchas "The Gardman," 'The Red Series' including "Akai shogeki" (Red shock), and "Stewardess monogatari" (Tale of stewardess).