Here is the next post in our series on the The 56th Annual Flaherty Film Seminar. This video covers day 3 and we were getting into the swing of things. Christine and I interviewed filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda, director of MENTAL and the CAAM distributed film, CAMPAIGN.
Calling all Lolitas and Yankis! Rock your best Lolita or Yanki threads to the outdoor screening of KAMIKAZE GIRLS on Friday, August 14th for the KAMIKAZE GIRLS FASHION SHOW! Best Lolita and Yanki fashion wins a surPrize, compliments of CAAM, Japantown Merchants Association and VIZ Pictures!
The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 12 – 22, 2009), presented by the Center for Asian American Media, wrapped with an estimated attendance of over 25,000, including over 200 filmmakers, actors and industry guests.
Many years ago I was taught to dream in detail and that such details involve the discipline of placing one foot patiently in front of the other. Walking to my scheduled appointment with Kiyoshi Kurosawa—whose most recent film Tokyo Sonata screened during this year’s Toronto International Film Festival—I kept watching the tips of my shoes on the sidewalk; the fulfillment of some dreams are just that vivid.
There’s more to getting inked than you think. Tattoo artist Horitaka, apprentice to the ultimate master Horiyoshi III, will talk about the time-honored art of Japanese tattoos, a culture of beauty, commitment, and history at the Asian Art Museum.
CAAM co-presents CAMPAIGN, a startling insider’s view of Japanese electoral politics. In this portrait of a man plucked from obscurity by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to run for a critical seat on a suburban city council.
CAAM Co-presents the Japanese film LOVE MY LIFE at Frameline32, the 32nd San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival: LOVE MY LIFE, Tuesday June 24 at 9:30 pm Victoria Theatre, San Francisco.
San Francisco’s Indie Film Festival presents several envelope-pushing Asian horror films as part of its festival this year.
Presented for the first time in the US, this series celebrates the golden age of Japan’s oldest and boldest film studio, NIKKATSU, with six super-stylized action films from the 50s to the 70s.
Are Dan “Bjorn Turoque” Crane (“To air is human, to air guitar, divine”) and David “C-Diddy” Jung (“Asian fury, air supremacy”) of AIR GUITAR NATION still rocking the air?