The Terror

In 1941 Chester Nakayama is caught between his insular Japanese American neighborhood on Terminal Island and his current all-American life; extreme circumstances push his community and personal life to the brink, all while someone watches closely.

After Pearl Harbor, the Terminal Islanders are evicted from their homes and must find shelter elsewhere; while Henry, separated from his family, faces injustice at the hands of the government, Chester engages in a paranoid search for answers.

As the Terminal Islanders adjust to their new surroundings, Chester tries to provide for his family, while fending off the evil that follows him; Henry reels from the trauma of his imprisonment; Asako sees bad omens; Amy takes up a new job.

Chester, in search of a better life, is treated with hostility by his fellow Americans; Luz hopes to be accepted by Henry and Asako in their new home as the Japanese American community celebrates Obon, a festival to commemorate the dead.

The humiliation of Japanese-Americans divides the community; Chester comes to question his very nature after meeting a new man; A grief-stricken Luz is forced to make an important choice.

Asako and Henry face a tough choice; Chester returns home; a story of the past illuminates some truth about the present evil that stalks the Terminal Islanders.