Mayumi Yoshida’s Japanese language drama has sold to Canadian indie KinoSmith and Japan’s Rabbit House after a weekend ...
Mayumi Yoshida’s Japanese-language drama about a struggling Vancouver artist discovering her grandmother’s secret while returning to Tokyo is screening at the Whistler Film Festival. By Etan Vlessing ...
“Akashi,” not the Japanese pop group Arashi, conjures up two images. First, the famous TV comedian Akashiya Sanma. And second, octopus. Did you know that the plural form of octopus is octopi? If you ...
EXCLUSIVE: Cameras have started rolling in Tokyo on Akashi, the debut feature from Japanese and Canadian writer-director Mayumi Yoshida. Yoshida, best known as an actor for her role in The Man in The ...
KOBE--Travelers with no fear of heights can enjoy breathtaking views while camping on the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge here during a special two-day tour--for a whopping 297,000 yen ($2,000). Despite the ...
Mayumi Yoshida's Japanese-language coming-of-age drama Akashi marks a pioneering effort in Canadian film. No wonder it's winning film festival awards. The Canadian-Japanese director's ...