Screen Actors Guild Award Nominees Announced
The nominations for the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced on Dec. 14 at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 15, 20164 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Donnie Yen’s ‘Star Wars’ Star Turn
It’s no secret that 1977’s “Star Wars” was inspired by its writer-director’s admiration for Japanese culture. (You could say “stole from”...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 15, 20163 min read
Actor-Director Keo Woolford Dies at 49
AIEA, Hawaii — Multi-talented performer Keo Woolford, who had a recurring role on CBS’ “Hawaii Five-0,” died on Nov. 28 after suffering a...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 14, 20163 min read
Masi Oka Leaving ‘Hawaii Five-0’
Masi Oka as Dr. Max Bergman with Alex O’Loughlin as Steve McGarrett and Scott Caan as Danny Williams in a scene from “Hawaii Five-0.”...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 11, 20161 min read
Japan Foundation to Screen ‘Blindly in Love’
Kaho and Gen Hoshino in a scene from “Blindly in Love.” “Blindly in Love” (2013, 117 minutes), directed by Masahide Ichii, will be...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 7, 20165 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Christmas Wish List of Movies I’d Like to See
The topic of my last published column (http://tinyurl.com/jyheew6) was reaction to news about a possible revival of the 1980s-’90s TV...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 5, 20163 min read
A Night in Stars Hollow
A “Gilmore Girls” skit featured (from left) Helen Ota, Keiko Agena, Mike Palma, Aaron Shizuo Aoki and Will Choi. By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 5, 20163 min read
‘The Dam Keeper’ to Be Expanded to Feature Length
Robert Kondo and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi. Tonko House and 20th Century Fox Animation announced Nov. 16 that they are partnering to...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 5, 20162 min read
Anime Films Among Annie Award Nominees
“Miss Hokusai” Three Japanese animated features are among the nominees for the 44th annual Annie Awards, which were announced on Nov. 28....
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 5, 20161 min read
‘PV Stories’ Reception and Screening
“Momma Ishibashi” by Naomi Hamachi ROLLING HILLS ESTATES — The Peninsula Center Library, 701 Silver Spur Rd. in Rolling Hills Estates,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 2, 20164 min read
Other Side of the Sea
The Whale Museum in the seaside town of Taiji, where the tradition of hunting whales spans generations. (Photos courtesy Yagi Films Inc.)...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 2, 20162 min read
Anime Hit ‘Your Name’ at Music Hall
Taki and Mitsuha are transported into each other’s bodies in “Your Name.” BEVERLY HILLS — “Your Name” (Kimi no Na wa), a hit animated...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 2, 20164 min read
‘Mifune: The Last Samurai’ Playing at Fine Arts
Toshiro Mifune in a scene from Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” (1954). BEVERLY HILLS — “Mifune: The Last Samurai,” a new documentary by...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 29, 20163 min read
‘Community Treasures, Then and Then’ at Takachizu Space
Young dancers are shown as part of a Nisei Week ondo in a scene from “Little Tokyo 1930s Home Movie,” a compilation of home movies by...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 26, 20166 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Does the Shy Asian Guy Get the Girl in ‘Edge of Seventeen’?
Twenty years ago, if a young Asian male had a romantic relationship with a woman on television, it would’ve caught your attention....
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 23, 20163 min read
MANAA Praises ‘Moana’ as Gold Standard for Animated Films
Maui (Dwayne Johnson) and Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) in a scene from Disney’s “Moana.” The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA)...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 22, 20162 min read
Manga Meets Kabuki
The all-male kabuki theater has existed for more than 400 years, and it remains Japan’s most popular form of theater. The genre combines...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 18, 20165 min read
Mifune Gets Posthumous Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Toshiro Mifune’s newly unveiled star at 6912 Hollywood Blvd. Rafu Staff Report Nearly 20 years after his passing, Japanese screen legend...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 17, 20161 min read
JFLA to Screen ‘Tamako Love Story’
As she edges toward the end of her high school life, the energetic but generally clueless third-year student Tamako Kitashirakawa has...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 11, 20164 min read
MANAA: ‘Dr. Strange’ Tarnished by Whitewashing
The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) teaches sorcery to Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in a scene from Marvel’s “Dr. Strange.” The...
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