June Kuramoto Movies

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and...

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to...

Filmmaker Tadashi explores his father Robert A. Nakamura's life as an influential Asian American artist and activist, while grappling with Robert's...

Short film about the Manzanar Japanese American internment camp. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

PILGRIMAGE tells the inspiring story of how an abandoned WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans has been transformed into a symbol of...

The film looks back at the life of a man named Oda and other Japanese Americans through the decades as they face great challenges and joys living in...

Celebrates the music and influences of contemporary Asian American culture on Dan Kuramoto, June Okida Kuramoto, and Johnny Mori — three...

This black-and-white documentary weaves scenes of Japanese American poet and professor Lawson Inada’s life with his writing. Titled after one...

This important tribute to the issei (first generation Japanese Americans) integrates the stories of three people who describe a collective history...

Modern kite maker Tom Joe seeks to preserve the craft of kite making as well as the traditional Asian folklore behind it. Alan Takemoto illustrates...

A Japanese man's quest to memorialize the 12 American POWs who were killed by the Hiroshima blast.

Produced in collaboration with The International Channel, HIROSHIMA...TWENTY YEARS LATER brings audiences up to date with the three principal members...

Yakuza Joji and his boyfriend Ken stole cash from a drug deal. Their goal with the money is the southern country of Sri Lanka. However, if they are...