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The nominations for the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced on Dec. 14 at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen...

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”...

AIEA, Hawaii — Multi-talented performer Keo Woolford, who had a recurring role on CBS’ “Hawaii Five-0,” died on Nov. 28 after suffering a...

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.”...

Kaho and Gen Hoshino in a scene from “Blindly in Love.” “Blindly in Love” (2013, 117 minutes), directed by Masahide Ichii, will be...

The topic of my last published column (http://tinyurl.com/jyheew6) was reaction to news about a possible revival of the 1980s-’90s TV...

A “Gilmore Girls” skit featured (from left) Helen Ota, Keiko Agena, Mike Palma, Aaron Shizuo Aoki and Will Choi. By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu...

Robert Kondo and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi. Tonko House and 20th Century Fox Animation announced Nov. 16 that they are partnering to...

“Miss Hokusai” Three Japanese animated features are among the nominees for the 44th annual Annie Awards, which were announced on Nov. 28....

“Momma Ishibashi” by Naomi Hamachi ROLLING HILLS ESTATES — The Peninsula Center Library, 701 Silver Spur Rd. in Rolling Hills Estates,...

The Whale Museum in the seaside town of Taiji, where the tradition of hunting whales spans generations. (Photos courtesy Yagi Films Inc.)...

Taki and Mitsuha are transported into each other’s bodies in “Your Name.” BEVERLY HILLS — “Your Name” (Kimi no Na wa), a hit animated...

Toshiro Mifune in a scene from Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” (1954). BEVERLY HILLS — “Mifune: The Last Samurai,” a new documentary by...

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...

Twenty years ago, if a young Asian male had a romantic relationship with a woman on television, it would’ve caught your attention....

Maui (Dwayne Johnson) and Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) in a scene from Disney’s “Moana.” The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA)...

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...

Toshiro Mifune’s newly unveiled star at 6912 Hollywood Blvd. Rafu Staff Report Nearly 20 years after his passing, Japanese screen legend...

As she edges toward the end of her high school life, the energetic but generally clueless third-year student Tamako Kitashirakawa has...

The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) teaches sorcery to Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in a scene from Marvel’s “Dr. Strange.” The...