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Kobe Shimada, a film director who moved to the United States in 1999

When I was 25, I suddenly decided to go abroad. I met Kobe at a Japanese company's founding annive…

Keiko Fukuda • July 16, 2024

documentaries film directors films generations Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) immigrants immigration Issei Japan Koby Shimada migration postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II

Tokyo Rose: The Making of a Hollywood Myth

During the latter stages of World War II, Hollywood studios produced a number of war movies dealing…

Greg Robinson • Nov. 1, 2021

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Actor Eiji Inoue moved to the US in 1992 with the goal of winning an Academy Award

After retiring from teaching, he went to Hollywood. Your life is made up of choices, decisions, an…

Keiko Fukuda • June 21, 2021

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Tessaku

Richard Yamashiro - Part 4

Read Part 3 >> How did you meet your wife? Well, I was in the army, so I went to a USO dance. Tha…

Emiko Tsuchida • June 1, 2020

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Tessaku

Richard Yamashiro - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> So actually, just to backtrack a little bit. When you actually left Manzanar to Tul…

Emiko Tsuchida • May 25, 2020

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Tessaku

Richard Yamashiro - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Can we get your parents names and then your sister’s name? My mother’s name was To…

Emiko Tsuchida • May 18, 2020

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Tessaku

Richard Yamashiro - Part 1

“My dad had to get rid of his business. I think that was really hard for him ‘cause he worked so …

Emiko Tsuchida • May 11, 2020

California concentration camps Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Manzanar concentration camp no-no boys Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II camps

Akiko Matsumoto, a hair and makeup artist who moved to the US in 1990 and is active in Hollywood

"Gaining experience in Japan before moving to the US" was the right decision Hair and makeup artis…

Keiko Fukuda • May 21, 2018

Akiko Matsumoto artists generations Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) immigrants immigration Issei Japan makeup artists migration postwar Shin-Issei United States World War II

Mifune Gets Posthumous Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Nearly 20 years after his passing, Japanese screen legend Toshiro Mifune has received a star on the…

The Rafu Shimpo • Dec. 1, 2016

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Majority Shift By 2043: "Actors I Like..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • June 25, 2016

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