‘Fishing’ in Long Beach
They will take part in a Q&A with fisherman and former internee Kiyomi Mizutani, who appears in the film, and free DVDs will be available...
top of page
Search
Rafu Shimpo
Feb 12, 20166 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Oscars So White — 20 Years Later, Finally a Solution
It was early 1996. When the 166 Academy Awards nominations were announced, only one of them was for a black person. African Americans...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Feb 11, 20167 min read
New Initiative Aimed at Improving Diversity in Film
From left: Alex Nogales of NHMC, Daniel Mayeda of APAMC, Guy Aoki of MANAA, Sonny Skyhawk of AIFT. Members of the Multi-Ethnic Media...
1 view0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Feb 9, 20161 min read
Special Screening of ‘Manzanar Fishing Club’
Manzanar National Historic Site is hosting a special screening of “The Manzanar Fishing Club” on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m. in honor of...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Feb 9, 20161 min read
Japan Foundation to Screen ‘Story of Yonosuke’
Yonosuke (played by Kengo Kora) arrives at university in the late 1980s, a time when Japan is booming and the economy is raining cash....
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Feb 6, 20162 min read
Visual Effects Society Names Award Winners
One of the four awards given to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was for this chase sequence. (Disney/Lucasfilm) BEVERLY HILLS — “Star...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Feb 5, 20166 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: 2016 — The Oscar Race, and Race and the Oscars
(Published Feb. 4, 2016) In the weeks since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday, Jan. 14, its...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Feb 5, 20162 min read
‘The Lion Standing in the Wind’ at the Aratani
In 1987, a Japanese doctor, Koichiro (Takao Osawa), is dispatched by a university hospital to a research facility in Kenya. This is a...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Feb 5, 20161 min read
Cinema Kabuki Coming to L.A.
Kabuki theater, with origins dating back to the 1600s, has remained steeped in tradition while constantly innovating. Live productions,...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Feb 4, 20162 min read
Netflix Bringing Back ‘Gilmore Girls’
Netflix has announced that the popular TV series “Gilmore Girls” is returning with members of the original cast. Filming for the...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Feb 1, 20162 min read
‘No Más Bebés’ to Air on PBS Tonight
“No Más Bebés” tells the story of a little-known but landmark event in reproductive justice, when a small group of Mexican immigrant...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Jan 28, 20166 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: What You Didn’t See on ‘Chelsea Does Racism’
Last June, Clara Chiu of Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Stewart Kwoh’s group) told me they’d been approached by documentary...
4 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Jan 21, 20164 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Chiune Sugihara — ‘Persona Non Grata’ Tells the Tale
Two weeks ago, I began relaying my encounter with Cellin Gluck, director of “Persona Non Grata,” a dramatization of the story of Japanese...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Jan 19, 20162 min read
‘When Marnie Was There’ Nominated for Oscar
A scene from Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There.” Studio Ghibli’s “When Marnie Was There” has received an Academy Award...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Jan 14, 20166 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Taylor Wily Finally Proves He’s a Good Actor
If you watch the opening credits of “Hawaii Five-O” episodes, the first “guest star” you’ll usually see listed is Taylor Wily. He plays...
2 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Jan 14, 20162 min read
Kenneth Choi to Play Judge Ito in ‘People v. O.J. Simpson’
The first season of “American Crime Story,” a new anthology series on the cable network FX, is titled “The People v. O.J. Simpson” and...
1 view0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Jan 14, 20161 min read
‘Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift’ at JANM
Justin Lin directs Sung Kang and other cast members of “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.” The Big Trouble in Little Tokyo film...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Jan 8, 20161 min read
Japan Foundation to Screen ‘Samurai Cat’
Kazuki Kitamura as Kyutaro Madarame. The Japan Foundation Los Angeles, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100, Los Angeles, will screen “Samurai...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Jan 7, 20164 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Cellin Gluck Pilots ‘Sugihara’ Pic to Completion
Suppose you could be in charge of hiring the person who would direct a dramatic motion picture about the life Chiune Sugihara, the...
0 views0 comments
Rafu Shimpo
Jan 7, 20163 min read
UCLA to Screen ‘Hidden Legacy’ Documentary
A screening of “Hidden Legacy” at the Japanese American National Museum in 2014 was attended by several interviewees, two of whom have...
1 view0 comments
bottom of page