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The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (HMWF) will co-host a screening of spoken-word...

P. Scott Sakamoto has worked in the motion picture industry for 35 years. P. Scott Sakamoto received a Lifetime Achievement Award from...

Daniel (Ben Guillory) and Noriko (Saki Takaoka) in a scene from “The Harimaya Bridge.” PACOIMA — “The Harimaya Bridge” (2009, 2 hours)...

Zhou Dongyu and Takeshi Kaneshiro in a scene from “This Is Not What I Expected.” “Friday Night at the Movies” features thoughtful...

Fathom Events will present the anime feature “Mazinger Z: Infinity” at selected theaters in Japanese with English subtitles on Sunday,...

American Cinematheque is presenting the early works of director Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017) at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd....

Known in Japan as “Sanpo Suru Shinryakusha,” the film is co-written by Kurosawa (“Tokyo Sonata,” “Pulse,” “The Cure”) and Sachiko Tanaka,...

PASADENA — Pasadena Public Library presents the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Big Read, which broadens our understanding of our...

Lily Mariye directing an episode of “Chicago P.D.” Actress and director Lily Mariye has received her first Directors Guild of America...

“Negative Space” is a stop-motion animated film about a boy whose father taught him how to pack. (Ikki Films / Manuel Cam Studio) “It’s...

The Japanese American National Museum, 100 N. Central Ave. in Little Tokyo, will present “Unsettled: Two Films of Japanese Peru” on...

Directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka, the film connects two real-life dramas, one in 1890 and the other in 1985, in an epic tale of two...

Reiko Nagumo speaks about her childhood experiences and the new PBS documentary series “We’ll Meet Again,” at her home in Sacramento on...

Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi is based on “The Little Broomstick” by Mary Stewart, this is an action-packed animated adventure full of...

Steven Okazaki interviewed many of Toshiro Mifune’s friends and associates for “Mifune: The Last Samurai.” (J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo)...

Walter Hamada has been named president of DC-based film production at Warner Bros. Pictures, it was announced Jan. 4 by Toby Emmerich,...

The dubbed version will be shown at 7 p.m. and the subtitled version at 8 p.m. From Academy Award-nominated director Hiromasa Yonebayashi...

“Her Love Boils Bathwater” (2016, 125 minutes), selected as Japan’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, will...

Aziz Ansari accepts his Golden Globe for “Master of None.” (NBC) Aziz Ansari became the first Asian American to win the Golden Globe for...

Ishiro Honda WEST HOLLYWOOD — Steve Ryfle, co-author of “Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa,” comes to Book Soup,...