A ‘Diverting’ Look at Manzanar
A scene from Ann Kaneko’s “Manzanar, Diverted.” By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer Participants in the Manzanar Pilgrimage this Saturday...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 24, 20174 min read
L.A. Asian Pacific Film Fest to Celebrate 33 Years (Part 3)
“Mixed Match” by Jeff Chiba Stearns Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, announced...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 21, 20172 min read
L.A. Asian Pacific Film Fest to Focus on ’92 Riots
A scene from Dai Sil Kim-Gibson’s “Wet Sand.” Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 21, 20172 min read
FtF, VC Present ‘Bronzeville, Little Tokyo’
A scene from “Bronze, Bass, Jazz,” a 360-degree video presentation, part of “Bronzeville, Little Tokyo.” (Photo courtesy of Javier...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 20, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Egads! 25 Years of ‘Into the Next Stage’
2017 is the quarter-century mark for a couple of events that began in 1992. Nine days from now, it will be the 25th anniversary of a jury...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 20, 20174 min read
L.A. Asian Pacific Film Fest to Celebrate 33 Years (Part 2)
The cast of Chris Chan Lee’s “Yellow” (1998) includes John Cho (second from left). Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 18, 20172 min read
55th Anniversary Screening of ‘Yojimbo’ at Laemmle Theaters
Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s 1962 classic “Yojimbo.” Akira Kurosawa’s “Yojimbo” (1962, 110 minutes), starring Toshiro Mifune,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 18, 20174 min read
L.A. Asian Pacific Film Fest to Celebrate 33 Years (Part 1)
Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, announced its program of films and events for...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 14, 20173 min read
EWP’s 51st Anniversary Visionary Awards Dinner
East West Players (EWP), the nation’s longest-running professional theater of color and the largest producing organization of Asian...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 10, 20175 min read
MOVIE REVIEW: A Mostly Hollow ‘Shell’
The Major (Scarlett Johansson) stands over a vanquished foe in “Ghost in the Shell,” the big-budget adaptation of the Japanese classic....
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 9, 20172 min read
Panel on Asian Americans in Entertainment to Feature Star-Studded Cast
PACOIMA — San Fernando Valley JACL presents “Meet the Asian Americans in the Entertainment Field” on Sunday, April 23, at 2 p.m. at the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 6, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Brain-Dead ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Needs an Exorcism
Note: There will be plot revelations in what follows. If you plan to view Paramount Pictures’ “Ghost in the Shell” and want to experience...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 6, 20171 min read
‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘My Korean Teacher’ at JFLA
Japan Foundation Los Angeles provides high-quality Japanese film screenings every second and fourth Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the JFLA...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 5, 20172 min read
‘A Bitter Legacy’ to Be Screened in Oceanside
OCEANSIDE — “A Bitter Legacy,” an award-winning documentary by Claudia Katayanagi, will be shown on Thursday, April 6, at 6 p.m. at the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 1, 20174 min read
MANAA: ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Proves Asian Actress Should Have Been Cast
Scarlett Johansson as Major in “Ghost in the Shell.” The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) is condemning the “whitewashed”...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 31, 20176 min read
Questions Raised About Japanese Character in ‘Get Out’
In a scene from “Get Out,” Yasuhiko Oyama (right) appears as Hiroki Tanaka, a friend of the Armitage family. (Universal Pictures) Jordan...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 31, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Comic Book Artist Jamie Noguchi Drawn to Takei Exhibition
“New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei” opened on Sunday, March 12, at the Japanese American National Museum. (Read J.K....
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 26, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: MIS Stories Spotlighted in Bill Kubota’s Next Documentary
By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON If you remember PBS’ 2007 “Most Honorable Son” — a documentary about Nebraska Nisei farmboy turned B-24 and...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 22, 20171 min read
VC Raising Funds for ‘At First Light’ Exhibition
Tentatively entitled “At First Light: Portraits of Asian Pacific America, 1970 to 1990,” the exhibition draws upon the over 100,000...
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