HIFF – Film For Thought
“HIKAWA MARU” | Hawai‘i Premiere | Japan | Japanese w/English subtitles | 94 min.
From veteran anime director Shunji Oga comes the epic tale of the legendary Japanese ocean liner, the Hikawa Maru. In May...
HIFF – Documentaries
“A NEW MOON OVER TOHOKU (TOHOKU NO SHINGETSU)” | U.S. Premiere | Canada | English, Japanese w/English subtitles | 98 min.
Written and directed by Linda Ohama.
A moving story of love, survival and old Japanese...
HIFF – Careful What You Pack
“SUMÖ ROAD – THE MUSICAL” | Hawai‘i Premiere | Japan | Japanese w/English subtitles | 25 min.
Written and directed by Ken Ochiai.
Kure, an overweight exchange student from Taiwan, has a hard time fitting in...
HIFF – Shorts Before Feature
“IM/PERFECTION” | World Premiere | United States | English | 12 min.
Directed by Andrew Higa
Hiroshi Hida immigrated to Hawai‘i from Japan in 1961. He struggled to learn English, but excelled in math and painting...
HIFF – Creative Lab
“CHOKE MISREPRESENTATION: ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN IMAGES ON SCREEN” | World Premiere | United States | English | 60 min.
Diversity and inclusion have been hot topics in film and TV this year. A recent study...
HIFF – Closing Night Film
“YOUR NAME.” | Hawai‘i Premiere | Japan | Japanese w/English subtitles | 105 min.
Written and directed by Makoto Shinkai.
HIFF closes this year’s festival with “Your Name.,” the biggest moneymaking film in Japan. The film...
“Rock’n The Holidays With Rakugo!”
Honolulu Theatre for Youth has the perfect solution for filling your holidays with merriment. “Rock’n the Holidays With Rakugo!” will be on-stage at Tenney Theatre through Dec. 20.
The production, which features three stories, was...
Scribblenauts and kabuki
A belated Christmas present for Japanese American internment camp sites.
West Coasters like their kabuki.
Good news for fans of Japanese boxing.
The popular video game Scribblenauts gets a Japanese makeover.
Artwork from famed Japanese American artist Jimmy...
Showtime all over the world
Asian contemporary art is all the rage at Christie's, including the work of Japanese American Masami Teraoka.
The Wall Street Journal reviews Yoko Kawaguchi's new book Butterfly's Sisters, which examines the Western portrayal of Japanese...
The whaling debate, slot machines, and global warming
Whaling in Japan: An age-old tradition on a taboo practice?
With two Japanese pitchers on their roster, communication is imperative for catchers on the New York Mets.
Does more sleep in Japan = less global warming?
According...
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