Playing at the Century Cinemark Rio 24 Director and Screenplay: Isao Takahata – 1993 – 118m – Japan Aug 28 Sunday at 7:00pm (English dub) Aug 29 Monday at 7:00 pm (In Japanese with English subtitles) It’s 1982, and Taeko (Daisy Ridley) is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She […]
Review: ‘Inu-oh’ is a psychedelic Japanese anime rock opera for the ages
Review provided by Paul Mayer NMACL’s J-film/anime resident Otaku. By Justin Chang Los Angeles Times Film Critic Aug. 11, 2022 4:14 PM PT The phantom that haunts the eccentric Japanese rock opera “Inu-oh” is not the comeliest of creatures — not at first, anyway. Like most of the hallucinatory sights and transporting sounds in this feature-length […]
Finding Moon Rabbit
written by JC Kato and JC2 Koko’s family is removed from their homes and sent to Heart Mountain, WY during WWII. She tries to become a Girl Scout so she can greet her father when he joins them from Santa Fe camp. While living in the internment camp, she learns the true meaning of GAMAN, […]
Speaking Nikkei
Join the JACL Young Professionals Caucus for their latest podcasts! In the episode above, Zara and Dylan interview the newly elected JACL YPC representative and a long-time JACL member to discuss, Enough is Now, Weaving Together our Intergenerational Stories. You can find Speaking Nikkei on your favorite podcast sites. About the Podcast Once, long ago, […]