S4 Ep1 Beginning of the End

Red House Rising

ROMANTIC WWII AUDIO DRAMA / HISTORICAL RADIO PLAY SERIES SET IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, CHINA AND JAPAN. Season Four of the Podcast. It's the Spring of 1945, and the Second World War is in its fourth year in the Pacific. On April 12th, President Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, and Harry Truman becomes President. Two weeks later, Adolph Hitler commits suicide, and the Nazis surrender. With Germany defeated in Europe, the U.S. and its allies focus their full attention on the Japanese. They mine Japan's home islands, preventing vital food and fuel from reaching port. Hundreds of U.S. B-29s carry out a relentless fire-bombing campaign, devastating Tokyo and nearly ever major industrial city. And yet Japan's militarists refuse to surrender. In Hawaii, most interned Japanese-Americans have been released from the camps. Nightly blackouts and martial law have finally ended, but the U.S. military still controls the islands. Hawaiian civilians are counting the days until the war is over. And with Japan nearly vanquished, the Chinese civil war between the Communists and the Nationalists is about to explode again. While at the same time, Russia is moving on Manchuria and ready to take any advantage it can in China, and in Japan.

Red House Rising was Produced, Written, Directed, and Edited by Chris Côté and Dayle Kerry.

Original Music and Sound Design by Jack Côté.

Starring Dayle Kerry, Raechel Wong, Roy Vongtama, Chris Côté, Chelsea Kurtz, Fin Kim, Andy Goldberg, Tiffany Hubbard, Melinda Chilton, Rio Shigeta, Diana Miho, Ellen Mah, Priscilla Bawicia, Josh McClenney, Maria Spassoff, Feodor Chin, Dawn Joyal, Smitha Chandrabose, Arnold Chun, Julia Cho, Mark Schubb, Scott Sandler, Celia McClennan, Dana Scott Galloway, William Woff, Kareem Ferguson, Helaine Lembeck, Don McClennan, Desi Powell, and Mason Mickl.

Narration by Robin Abcarian.

Main Title theme by Jack Côté.

Blue Hawaii was written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger and performed by Melinda Chilton.

Palolo was written by Charles E. King and performed by Ray Kinney and His Musical Ambassadors.

Sweet Leilani was written by Harry Owens and performed by Dick McIntire and his Harmony Hawaiians.

Pagan Love Song was written by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed and performed by Felix Mendelssohn and the Hawaiian Serenaders

Chicks is Won’erful was written by Sam Feller and performed by Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra

Hula Blues was written by Johnny Noble and Sonny Cunha and performed by the Tau Moe Trio

Little Grass Shack was written by Tommy Harrison, Bill Cogswell, and Johnny Noble and performed by Felix Mendelssohn and the Hawaiian Serenaders

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This is a Vicente Terrace Production.