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Thu, Nov 3 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Finally, ‘Farewell to Manzanar’ on DVD

Also tagged: 442nd regimental combat team, BOBBY LEE, clyde kusatsu, CONCENTRATION CAMP, eli stone, entertainment, Farewell to Manzanar, Harold and Kumar, INTERNMENT CAMP, james saito, janm, Jeanne Wakatsuki, John Cho, Kal Penn, MANAA, manzanar, Maria Kwong, movies, Nobu McCarthy, relocation center, STONER COMEDY, Yuki Shimoda

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Nov. 3, 2011.) === For years, I’d only seen glimpses of “Farewell to Manzanar,” the legendary made-for-television movie that aired in 1976 and rarely...

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Fri, Oct 28 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Maria Kwong Solves the Case of the Missing ‘Manzanar’

Also tagged: actors, ANNE FRANK, arts, clyde kusatsu, CRUZ BUSTAMANTE, entertainment, Farewell to Manzanar, Hiro Narita, James Houston, JANE-ELLEN DAWKINS, janm, Jeanne Wakatsuki, John Korty, Mako, Maria Kwong, Nobu McCarthy, Pat Morita, Paul Chihara, SHELLI HILL, Yuki Shimoda

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Oct. 28, 2011.) === Ever since seeing the telefilm adaptation of “Farewell to Manzanar” at the Japan America Theater in May of 2001...

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Thu, Sep 8 2011

Sugihara Film Screening Raises Funds for Japan Relief

Also tagged: akemi kikumura yano, arts, Chiune Sugihara, Conspiracy of Kindness, Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles, Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, Diane Estelle Vicari, disaster relief, go for broke national education center, higashi honganji, Hiroki Sugihara, Holocaust, janm, Japan Earthquake, junichi ihara, Ken Watanabe, little tokyo community council, movies, NORIAKI ITO, Oskar Schindler, Robert Kirk, Roz Wolfe, skirball cultural center, tateuchi democracy forum, tohoku, U.S.-Japan Council, Unite for Japan

Event organizer June Aochi Berk and filmmaker Diane Estelle Vicari at the “Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness” screening. (J.K. Yamamoto/Rafu Shimpo) === By J.K. YAMAMOTO Rafu Staff Writer === A screening...

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Thu, Aug 11 2011

Miyagishima, 83; Panavision Innovator

Also tagged: Al Mayer Sr., David Kenig, entertainment, gardena, Gordon E. Sawyer Award, in memoriam, John A. Bonner Medal, John Galt, John Suh, Lawrence of Arabia, Micro Panatar, movies, OBITS, obituary, Panavision, Panavision Advanced Digital Imaging, Panavision Panatar, Panavision Silent Reflex Camera, Phil Radin, Primo lens, Robert Gottschalk, Scientific and Technical Oscars, SMPTE, South Bay, Super Panatar, tak miyagishima, Terminal Island, Walter Wallin

Tak Miyagishima worked at Panavision from 1955, designing many of the company’s optics as well as the Panavision logo. (Courtesy of Panavision) === WOODLAND HILLS – Tak Miyagishima, Panavision...

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Thu, Aug 4 2011

The Real Life Larry Crowne

Also tagged: DAN NISHIMURA, DR. MASUTANI, george takei, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Larry Crowne, Phil Shigekuni, POOR DAD, RICH DAD, ROBERT KIYOSAKI, Sulu, summer movies, TOM HANKS

Tom Hanks and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the film “Larry Crowne.” (Universal Pictures) === By Dan Akira Nishimura === Summer blockbusters, with amped-up sound and special effects, can be entertaining, but...

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Thu, Apr 28 2011

HORSE’S MOUTH: My Thoughts on JACL

Also tagged: baseball, Children of the Genbaku, earthquake, fukushima, HAROLD KOBATA, Helen Kawagoe, movies, naoto kan, NEWSPAPERS, Pacific Citizen, sendai

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on April 26, 2011.) === I don’t think there are many who can claim that well-known Nisei Harold Kobata is their newspaper delivery man. Just kidding. The...

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Wed, Feb 16 2011

‘Valor with Honor’ an Emotional Experience for Audiences

Also tagged: 442nd, AFRICAN AMERICANS, BLACK AMERICANS, BUFFALO SOLDIERS, BURT TAKEUCHI, Chris Komai, documentary, EVENTS, gfbnec, go for broke, HARRY KANADA, HENRY ARAO, IVAN HOUSTON, janm, japantown, JIMMY YAMASHITA, lost battalion, MOVIE, nisei, NOB SHIMOTSUKA, ROBERT KASHIWAGI, san francisco, San Jose, SCREENINGS, TOM KIZUKA, VALOR WITH HONOR, Veterans

Filmmaker Bert Takeuchi (left) chats with audience members after a screening of “Valor with Honor” at the Japanese American National Museum Feb. 5. === By J.K. YAMAMOTO Staff Writer === Rudy Tokiwa...

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Fri, Jan 14 2011

The Other Hafu of Japan

Also tagged: arts, DAVID YANO, EDWARD SUMOTO, FILMMAKERS, HAFU, hapa, Kyushu, KYUSHU NATIONAL MUSEUM, LARA PEREZ TAKAGI, MASARU TAMAMOTO, MEGUMI NISHIKURA, mixed race, MIXED ROOTS, WASEDA UNIVERSITY

Film makers Megumi Nishikura and Lara Perez Takagi grew up mostly outside Japan. Their upcoming film examines being half-Japanese, but doesn’t attempt to be an explanation for everyone with similar heritage. By...

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Thu, Nov 4 2010

THROUGH THE FIRE: Electronically Speaking

Also tagged: 3G NETWORK, APPLE, ART HANSEN, AZUSA ODA, BLOGGERS, BLOGGING, BRIAN NIIYA, CIVIL LIBERTIES, civil liberties public education project, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, DISCOVER NIKKEI, facebook, film screening, google, hawaii, INTERNET, internment, Internment camps, IPAD, IPHONE, janm, KAREN UMEMOTO, mac, michi nishiura weglyn, MICHI WEGLYN, out of infamy, PERRY COMO, SELF-PROMOTION, sharon yamato, SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

By SHARON YAMATO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on November 3, 2010.) === It continues to amaze me how dependent I’ve become on the worldwide web and the 3G network. At home, I work on my computer...

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Thu, Sep 30 2010

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Yonsei Protagonist Takes Spotlight in ‘Flowers of Edo’

Also tagged: Books, clint eastwood, DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, flags of our fathers, GEORGE JOHNSTON, HOGOZ, iwo jima, JOHN POWERS, letters from iwo jima, MICHAEL DANA KENNEDY, movies, QUENTIN TARANTINO, STEVEN SPIELBERG, THE FLOWERS OF EDO, TOM HANKS, WWII

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on September 30, 2010.) === I’m going to have to start paying a commission to Don Hata. A few weeks ago, he gave me a heads up about “Hogoz,”...

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Tag Archives: film

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Finally, ‘Farewell to Manzanar’ on DVD

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Maria Kwong Solves the Case of the Missing ‘Manzanar’

Sugihara Film Screening Raises Funds for Japan Relief

Miyagishima, 83; Panavision Innovator

The Real Life Larry Crowne

HORSE’S MOUTH: My Thoughts on JACL

‘Valor with Honor’ an Emotional Experience for Audiences

The Other Hafu of Japan

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Yonsei Protagonist Takes Spotlight in ‘Flowers of Edo’

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