Japanese TV crews giving Palouse WWII makeover

There are a dozen Japanese filmmakers in Tania Buck’s front yard, barking out instructions over crackling walkie talkies. Japanese movie crew members dart around preparing a 1940s truck, which sits with the massive early 1900s Buck barn in the background.

Then, in one swift motion, the entire yard stills. Someone yells the Japanese equivalent of “action.”

The star actor climbs from the truck, slams the door, and strides away, a team of cameramen filming his every move.

This was the scene at the Buck’s farmhouse a few miles south of Onecho April 30, for the filming of a 10-hour, five-episode do...