son of Edwin and Lori Wakabayashi.

recorded live at Hakataza Theatre.The solemn sound of the lionesses echoes through the air.

In addition to starring in and directing the play.The Japan Foundation Los Angeles will present Cinema Kabuki: Yugen(幽玄) on Saturday.is no regular film screening; Cinema Kabuki allows the audience to vividly experience the excitement of the live stage through the full use and wide-range capability of high-definition (HD) images and six-channel sound.

world-acclaimed kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando has sublimated the traditional Japanese performing arts of noh and kabuki into a new dimension of art by fusing them with Kodos soul-stirring taiko.but it turns out that she is the ghost of a girl who burned a man to death out of resentment for an unfulfilled love.

A special video that can only be seen in this production will be included.

The screening will include a live taiko performance by TaikoProject and a mini-lecture on kabuki by Satoko Shimazaki of UCLA.through the experiences of a diverse group of Japanese Americans.

as adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology.-based banking solutions for globally mobile clients.

He is president and board chair of the Japan America Society of Iowa (JASI) and a board director of the Iowa Asian Alliance.in aeronautics and astronautics engineering from University of Washington.