Chris Tashima
Biography: Chris Tashima is an award-winning American actor and director. He has starred in numerous independent feature films, most notably as the romantic lead opposite Joan Chen, Allison Sie, Kelly Hu and Autumn Reeser, in Eric Byler's Americanese which won a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast at SXSW. He was awarded Best Actor in a Supporting Role, at the inaugural Love International Film Festival, for his portrayal of Papa Nakaji in Tim Savage's World War II family drama Under the Blood Red Sun produced by Dana Satler Hankins. He portrayed real-life educator/activist Shigeo Yoshida in the 442nd RCT origin story Go For Broke from producer/screenwriter Stacey Hayashi. Most recently, he played the hard-nosed Uncle Bob in the generational family comedy No No Girl from writer/director Paul Daisuke Goodman--for which he received two nominations at the Austin Revolution Film Festival, and he plays Hiro in Brian M. Tang's action/fantasy short Kodama, receiving its world premiere at SXSW 2023. Tashima received an Academy Award® for directing the dramatic short film Visas and Virtue, a re-telling of the heroic actions of Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara. In addition he co-wrote the screenplay adapting a one-act play by Tim Toyama, and starred as the Humanitarian diplomat Sugihara. He also directed, co-wrote and starred in the WWII Japanese American internment short film Day of Independence which was nominated for a NATAS Northern California Area Emmy®. These two directorial works came from Tashima's own Cedar Grove Productions, an indie entertainment house aiming to "Boldly defy mainstream Hollywood by giving Asian Americans the close-up onscreen."
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 24, 1960
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Kodama
2023-03-11
Kodama
Overview: An fantasy/action short about a SWAT Samurai team entering a spirit world to rescue a lost captain.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-11
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Overkill
1987-12-16
Overkill
Overview: A Tokyo cop is sent to Los Angeles to help an LAPD detective break up a yakuza ring operating in the city.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-16
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Real Playing Game
2013-08-28
Real Playing Game
Overview: In a future not too far away, Steve Battier, an elderly, terminally ill multi-millionaire, accepts the offer of a company - RPG - that in exchange for a high monetary sum, provides a very select group of clientèle the chance to be young again. For 10 hours, 10 millionaires from around the world, men and women of fame and power, are transferred to attractive and healthy younger bodies, to live in a world of temporary rejuvenation, in a game of real thrills, where every hour someone must die.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-28
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Surviving Theater 9
2018-04-22
Surviving Theater 9
Overview: From the survivors of the Aurora Colorado Batman Movie Theater and Columbine mass shootings, a powerful and inspirational movie about the events and about hope.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-22
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Lil Tokyo Reporter
2012-09-14
Lil Tokyo Reporter
Overview: 1935 Los Angeles, community leader Sei Fujii uncovers the corrupt activities of his community's underground mafia. He must choose between saving the face of his deteriorating community and confronting the issues head on through his newspaper. Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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Model Minority
2012-05-11
Model Minority
Overview: Kayla, an underprivileged Japanese American 16 year old, endangers her promising future as an aspiring artist when she becomes involved with a drug dealer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-11
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No No Girl
2022-09-09
No No Girl
Overview: In the middle of the night, before they are to be sent to a Japanese American Internment Camp, one family buries a secret in their backyard garden. 80 years later, a clue is discovered and what begins as a mystery soon turns criminal as a family of different minds try to come together to discover the truth of their past.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-09
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Visas and Virtue
1997-05-01
Visas and Virtue
Overview: Europe, 1940. For thousands of Jews, a Japanese diplomat and his wife defy Tokyo and the Nazis, and offer visas, for life.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-01
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Day of Independence
2003-09-26
Day of Independence
Overview: Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.
Genres: Drama Family History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-26
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Strawberry Fields
1997-03-09
Strawberry Fields
Overview: After a visit from the ghost of her sister, a rebellious 16 year old Japanese American girl hits the road with her boyfriend in search of a better life. Hooking up with activist friends along the way, she comes to an important realization about her past: that her parents were incarcerated in an internment camp during World War II. She detours her road trip, ditches her boyfriend and drives off into the Arizona desert in a determined search for the truth that will set her free.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-09
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The Perfect Weapon
1991-03-15
The Perfect Weapon
Overview: Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-15
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Under the Blood-Red Sun
2014-09-14
Under the Blood-Red Sun
Overview: December 7, 1941 - TOMIKAZU “TOMI” NAKAJI (Kyler Ki Sakamoto) and his best friend BILLY DAVIS (Kalama Epstein) are playing baseball in a field near their homes in Hawaii when Japan launches a surprise attack on the US at Pearl Harbor. As Tomi looks up at the sky and recognizes the Blood-Red Sun emblem on the fighter planes, he knows that his life has changed forever. Based on actual events, Under the Blood-Red Sun is an unforgettable story of friendship, courage and survival.
Genres: Drama Family War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-14
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Americanese
2006-03-15
Americanese
Overview: Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial identities, they find other suitable mates but cannot stay away from each other
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-15
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Lani Loa: The Passage
1998-09-25
Lani Loa: The Passage
Overview: A Hawaii cop becomes the suspect in a series of killings after his would-be bride is murdered on their wedding day by a gang of bank robbers, and returns as a ghost, taking vengeance on her killers, the Lono Gang.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-25
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Half Kenneth
2009-04-18
Half Kenneth
Overview: 1945: after the death of his father, Ken escapes Japanese American internment camp to find his Caucasian mother who lives in town. Things become complicated, however, when Kens little brother, Jo, joins him at the last minute.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-18
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Killzone
1985-05-01
Killzone
Overview: A troubled Vietnam vet snaps during a training exercise at a survivalist-type military camp and thinks he's back in Vietnam. He kills several of the staff members who he thinks are Vietcong. The other participants set out to track him down and capture him before he hurts or kills anyone else. However, the camp's owner, who knows he'll be in trouble if word of this incident gets out, has no intention of capturing the man; he plans on killing him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-01
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984-10-31
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Overview: Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-31
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Go for Broke
2017-10-14
Go for Broke
Overview: During the tumultuous year after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a group of University of Hawaii ROTC students navigate wartime Hawaii and fight discrimination.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-14
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The Karate Kid Part II
1986-06-18
The Karate Kid Part II
Overview: Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-18
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Lethal Weapon
1987-03-06
Lethal Weapon
Overview: Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-06
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Requiem
1995-11-07
Requiem
Overview: A waitress-dancer remembers her loving brother and their bittersweet childhood in Hong Kong.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-07
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The Hour of the Ox
1985-01-01
The Hour of the Ox
Overview: An unexpected visit from a jealous ex-girlfriend accidentally turns bloody, but a deadlier fate awaits when the clock reaches the hour of the ox.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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