Life Tastes Good

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Wilfred Funai is an office worker who spends his days pushing papers, being taunted by the office bullies, and longingly sneaking peeks at an inviting piece of chocolate. An unexpected event forces Wilfred to break out of his unremarkable life to perform a heroic act and save another human being’s life. In this black and white Jacques Tati-esque homage to a laconic anti-hero, Gotanda references one of the most tragic periods in San Francisco history.

Philip Kan Gotanada explores death, aging , and the effects of internment on a generation of Japanese Americans in Drinking Tea. A dying man leaves his younger wife to move in with an older woman and gain an personal understanding of death and dying.

In "The Other Barrio" housing inspector Roberto Morales investigates the suspicious circumstances of a fatal fire in a residential hotel and finds himself drawn into a web of bribery, corruption and murder.