This film depicts the encounters of a pair of other-world spirits in San Francisco. Kerwin Berk directed the film and stars Hiroshi Kashiwagi as Tenshi, an obnoxious 400-year-old spirit from old Japan who has a foul mouth and a propensity for petty theft, and Wendy Woo as Lucy, his new apprentice. The film mixes a…
July 27, 2013, San Francisco Japanese Film Festival—This version of Rurouni Kenshin transforms the manga episodes into a live action film. Although the film covers about 26 episodes of the graphic novel, the story flows well on the big screen. Keishi Otomo directed the film, which stars Takeru Sato as Kenshin and Emi Takei as…
July 27, 2013, San Francisco Japanese Film Festival—Wolf Children is a story about growing up with a single mother, who is trying to hide the secret of the children’s lineage. Mamoru Hosoda directed this love story about a young college student who falls in love with a wolf-man and has to raise her children. The…