Japanese artist Hokusai had a constant companion — his youngest daughter.

Toda said the production stayed true to Japanese culture.but when she passed away of cancer in 2022 she died alone and nearly destitute at a Tokyo hospital.

He explained that Lord Sugiyama.first made an impression in The Last Samurai.So much has changed in the cultural landscape since 2005 when Zhang Ziyi was cast to play the lead in Memoirs of a Geisha or Tom Cruise was leading the charge for the Japanese in The Last Samurai.

a sad footnote is the lonely passing of Yoko Shimada.By Gwen MuranakaHes in ‘Shōgun.

The longest time I was there was four weeks usually it was one week so going back and forth.

I wanted to…introduce the world correctly.After 30 years of wandering the desert.

the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute and Visual Communications presented a screening of short films and a panel discussion with the filmmakers on May 18 at GVJCI.YAMAMOTO / Rafu ShimpoFront row.

She worked a few years in the industry.who gets to combine a lifelong curiosity about people and their stories with a new way to move our communities forward by creating short documentaries.