A familiar face in Nikkei film circles takes on a new challenge
WOMEN DIRECTORS DOMINATE TORONTO AND VANCOUVER FESTIVAL LINEUPS
Artist A.S.M. Kobayashi brings life to government documents in 'Electric Neon Clock'
Lifting the layers behind the mask: Miya Turnbull and Shion Skye Carter on 'Omote (面)'
Author Jeff Chiba Stearns brings yokai and folklore to Japanese Canadian history
South Side Samurai Munetaka Murakami rides into Toronto
Vancouver Japanese Film Festival launches in September
Miho Suzuki explores accent bias and identity in "The Improper Identity" at Toronto Fringe Festival
Kate Kamo McHugh retraces ancestors' journeys across Canadian landscapes
Author Keiko Honda on the stories we inherit and the ones we pass on
21 Oct 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
There are many Japanese people learning English in Toronto, but there are many Canadian learning Japanese. While many might know a few words here or there from manga and anime, a few will go on to learn just how difficult the language is. However, there's a scale out there to help measure how proficient...
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15 Oct 2014
Posted by Angela Kruger 
Directed by Ishii Yuya (who won Best Director at the 2013 Japanese Academy Awards for The Great Passage) and starring Japan’s Tsumabuki Satoshi and Kamenashi Kazuya, the film gained a lot of attention in Vancouver for its incredible cinematic force and its star-power (Tsumabuki and Kamenashi may or may not have...
Read more → 11 Oct 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Taking over the role from Eiji Yamamoto, Nakayama brings a wealth of experience to this position. Joining Japan's Ministry of Foreign affairs 32 years ago, he has held posts all across Europe and South-East Asia. He also has experience in Japan's Ministry of Finance helping Japanese companies with...
Read more → 10 Oct 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
The Jigaigeki story is simple: a hero, who is the embodiment of justice, punishes villains through clashing swords. The hero always wins and people thank him for saving their village. He is always cool, dignified, and right. And the viewer focuses on him solely as he's usually portrayed by a handsome,...
Read more → 03 Oct 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
From October 1 to 4, ProArteDanza will be performing at the Harbourfront centre, but it will also be one of the last performances for Mami Hata, a Japanese dancer who has been part of the organization since 2011. Hata began dancing in her hometown of Tokyo when she was 5 years old. Studying ballet...
Read more → 02 Oct 2014
Posted by James Heron 
And here are some of the highlights from 2014's Japanese selection and be sure to stay tuned as more reviews are on the way. TOKYO TRIBE If you are Sion Sono, auteur and enfant terrible of Japanese cinema, how do you top your own hyperbolically violent winner of TIFF’s 2013 People's Choice...
Read more → 22 Sep 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Featured image: Sam Bradd with the final product made at the Japanese Canadian Young Leaders Conference. VANCOUVER – Sam Bradd's markers take the chaos of a brainstorming session and helps them to flow in a way that does much more than just the average board-meeting-minutes. As a graphic recorder,...
Read more → 12 Sep 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
A number of thoughts crossed my mind. First of all Jerry is police officer with the Thunder Bay Police Services but the subject line of “Book” did not convey any sense of urgency or dire circumstance. Filled with curiosity I called Jerry. “Hello, Jerry,” I said. “It’s your cousin,...
Read more → 08 Sep 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
The film, directed by Ishii Yuya and starring Tsumabuki Satoshi, tells the true story of the legendary Japanese Canadian baseball team, The Vancouver Asahi. In the early 20th century, Japanese workers immigrated to Canada in search of a new life, but faced the hard realities of racial discrimination,...
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Posted by nikkeistaff 
As the war got worse for the Japanese side, the Kamikaze corps were created to use suicide attacks to hit enemy targets. It was an effective strategy, but it was a move that meant certain death. The Eternal Zero is an adaptation of Japanese novelist Naoki Hyakuta’s book of the same name. The novel...
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