Rafu ShimpoJun 25, 20153 min readMifune to Receive Star on Walk of Fame in 2016Toshiro Mifune starred in 16 films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including “Rashomon” (above) with Machiko Kyo. The winner of a Golden Lion...
Rafu ShimpoJun 23, 20152 min read‘#1 Serial Killer’ Set for Home Video ReleaseScreenwriter Koji Steven Sakai’s horror thriller “#1 Serial Killer” (original title: “Chink”) will be released on DVD and Video-On-Demand...
Rafu ShimpoJun 18, 20156 min readINTO THE NEXT STAGE: Attacking Comedy Hosts While a Guest on Their ShowIn August 2001 when I went on “Politically Incorrect” to debate comedienne Sarah Silverman — who’d tried to ambush me on that program the...
Rafu ShimpoJun 11, 20155 min readINTO THE NEXT STAGE: Did Crowe Need to Eat Crow in ‘Aloha’ Brouhaha?Was the vituperative abuse heaped upon Sony-owned Columbia Pictures release “Aloha” and its writer-director-producer Cameron Crowe...
Rafu ShimpoJun 11, 20152 min read‘Maiko: Dancing Child’ to Premiere at L.A. Film FestAbove and below: Maiko Nishino on and off the stage in scenes from “Maiko: Dancing Child.” “Maiko: Dancing Child” will have its world...