 Tajiri's is applauded for her work within Asian American cinema, which she strongly associates herself with as a director as well as an individual, focusing on the recognition of the Asian American identity in her films, which is different than the Asian American culture.Tajiri goes against societal norms in "Strawberry Fields", where protagonist Irene, a third generation Japanese American woman, publicly flaunts her inner rage, something which was not taken well if you were a woman living in the seventies (Feng).In the majority of Tajiri's filmmaking she is constantly bringing attention to societal issues, like in History and Memory, where she highlights Asian Americans, Latinos, or Black people not being able to immerse themselves within the white American population shank.