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UPDATED: Kore-eda’s ‘After the Storm’ Now Playing
Hiroshi Abe and Taiyo Yoshizawa play father and son in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “After the Storm.” Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “After the Storm”...

Rafu Shimpo
Mar 17, 20171 min read


INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Hapa Documentaries — Twin Takes on Similar Subject
As part of last month’s Hapa Japan Festival 2017 was a screening of a pair of documentaries I was very interested in viewing: “Fall Seven...

Rafu Shimpo
Mar 16, 20178 min read


New Exhibition Exploring Life and Career of Takei Opening at JANM
Artwork by Jamie Noguchi includes images of George Takei from “Star Trek” and “Allegiance.” A new exhibition exploring the life and...

Rafu Shimpo
Mar 10, 20174 min read


INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Horsing Around Pays Off for Scott Oshita, Todd Minobe
Apologies to Mr. Ed, but a horse is not always a horse, of course. What does that mean? Read on. Last column I wrote about the 89th...

Rafu Shimpo
Mar 9, 20176 min read


‘A Day on the Planet,’ ‘Persona Non Grata’ at Japan Foundation L.A.
Japan Foundation Los Angeles provides high-quality Japanese film screenings every second and fourth Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the JFLA...

Rafu Shimpo
Mar 7, 20171 min read


‘Under the Blood Red Sun’ to Be Screened at SFVJACC
Chris Tashima in a scene from “Under the Blood Red Sun.” PACOIMA — The San Fernando Valley JACL will screen “Under the Blood Red Sun”...

Rafu Shimpo
Mar 6, 20171 min read


INTO THE NEXT STAGE: 2017 Oscars Succeed at Showing Improvement
The 89th Academy Awards Show is now in the history books and more than anything else it will be remembered for the incorrect climactic...

Rafu Shimpo
Mar 3, 20175 min read


Feature-Length Documentary ‘Let It Fall: LA 1982-1992’ Premieres April 28 on ABC
One of the interviewees recalls losing her son in the violence that swept the city. Academy Award winner John Ridley has teamed up with...

Rafu Shimpo
Mar 1, 20172 min read


The First of Too Many
Ichiro Kataoka’s arrest was reported in The San Francisco Examiner on Dec. 8, 1941. By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer “First S.F....

Rafu Shimpo
Feb 24, 20176 min read



Rafu Shimpo
Feb 23, 20170 min read


INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Hapa Japan Festival Shines Light on Community’s Future
It’s been more than two years since I wrote about documentary then in progress titled “Fall Down Seven Times, Get up Eight: The Japanese...

Rafu Shimpo
Feb 17, 20176 min read


‘Manzanar Fishing Club’ Screening at UCSB
SANTA BARBARA — In recognition of the Day of Remembrance, the UC Santa Barbara Nikkei Student Union presents “The Manzanar Fishing Club”...

Rafu Shimpo
Feb 14, 20171 min read


INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Clyde Kusatsu Brings ‘Farewell to Manzanar’ to New Audience
As you may have read elsewhere in The Rafu Shimpo (try http://tinyurl.com/jlr6ksu), California State University, Dominguez Hills’...

Rafu Shimpo
Feb 12, 20175 min read


Free Screening of ‘When Rabbit Left the Moon’ at Occidental
The public is invited to the first event in Occidental College’s series “The 75th Anniversary of the Japanese American Incarceration:...

Rafu Shimpo
Feb 7, 20172 min read


JFLA to Screen Two Yoji Yamada Films
Japan Foundation Los Angeles provides high-quality Japanese film screenings every second and fourth Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the JFLA...

Rafu Shimpo
Feb 4, 20172 min read


GLA JACL to Screen ‘I Am an American’
GARDENA — Robert Shoji will show the short film “I Am an American” (13 minutes), which he directed, at a meeting of the Greater L.A....

Rafu Shimpo
Feb 4, 20171 min read


INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Stacey Hayashi Perseveres with ‘Go For Broke’
Just like westerns, comedies, musicals, science fiction, romantic pics, buddy pics, chick flicks or cops vs. criminals, World War II...

Rafu Shimpo
Feb 4, 20177 min read


Anime ‘Ghost in the Shell’ at Laemmle Theaters
Monica Film Center, 1332 2nd St., Santa Monica NoHo 7, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood Playhouse 7, 673 E. Colorado Blvd.,...

Rafu Shimpo
Feb 3, 20171 min read


INTO THE NEXT STAGE: 2017 Oscar Acting Noms Add Some Color
For two years in a row, when the nominations for the annual Academy Awards were announced, all 20 men and women nominated in the four...

Rafu Shimpo
Jan 30, 20176 min read


2017 Oscar Nominations Disappoint Multi-Ethnic Media Coalition
Dev Patel was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Lion.” The 2017 Oscar nominations, announced Jan. 24 by the Academy of...

Rafu Shimpo
Jan 30, 20173 min read
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