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Japan actor Takakura, known for stoic heroes, dies

November 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ken Takakura, a craggy-faced, quiet star known for playing outlaws and stoic heroes in scores of Japanese films, has died of lymphoma. He was 83. Perhaps best known abroad for his police inspector role in Ridley Scott’s “Black Rain” in 1989, Takakura died Nov. 10 at a […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Abashiri Prison, Associated Press, Black Rain, Clint Eastwood, Imperial Palace, Japan Subculture Research Center, Montreal World Film Festival, Railroad Man, Ridley Scott, Shintaro Ishihara, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 49 | November 29 - December 5

Lakewood Asian Film Festival aims to entertain, educate, and engage — An interview with festival organizer Phil Raschke

August 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The second annual Lakewood Asian Film Festival, free to all, takes place August 1st through August 3rd at the Lakewood Playhouse, located at 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd. in Lakewood. Festival organizer Phil Raschke answered some questions over e-mail.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Best Cinematography, Chang Hee Suk Drum Group, Clint Eastwood, Critics Choice Best Film, Heart Mountain Relocation Camp, Kahaani India, Lakewood Arts Commission, Lakewood Playhouse, Martin Luther King, NWAW, Okinawa Taiko Performers, Olympic National Park, Pepperdine University, Phil Raschke, San Juan Islands, South Korean, Vol 33 No 32 | August 2 - August 8

How 8 Asians exemplify (or defy!) their snake traits

February 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly According to ancient Chinese wisdom, having a snake in the house is a good omen because it means that your loved ones

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Cultures Tagged With: 2013, Associate Director, British-ruled India, CPC, China, Chinese Communist, Chinese Zodiac, Clint Eastwood, Communist Party, Indian American, Korean, Leigh Whannell, Mahatma Gandhi, Native Hawaiian, Perhaps Wan, Princess Mononoke, Shanghai Tang, South African, Spirited Away, TV, Vol 32 No 7 | February 9 - February 15, Zhang Yimou

Sam Ung tells his story from the Cambodian Killing Fields

November 29, 2012 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly In 1975, after five years of civil unrest and increasing cruelty, the Khmer Rouge became the ruling party of Cambodia. <!–more–> Battambang, the city where Sam Ung was born and where his family lived, combusted on April 15. The Khmer Rouge launched missiles into the city center, and Ung, […]

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2009, 2012, Cambodian Killing Fields, Clint Eastwood, Dawn Cropp, Khmer Rouge, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh Noodle House, Sam Ung, Seattle, Stacy Nguyen, Thai Cambodian, Top Contributors 2012, United States, Vol 31 No 49 | December 1 - December 7

‘Gran Torino’ falls short on depiction of Hmong

December 31, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Internet Movie Database, with listings for roughly 755,000 films and TV shows, lists only four movies featuring the Hmong language.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, Actors Vang, Andrew Hamlin, Charlie Chan, China, Clint Eastwood, Ford Gran Torino, Hmong Americans, Korea, Laos, Northwest Asian Weekly, President Nixon, TV, Thao Vang Lor, United States, Vietnam War, Vol 28 No 2 | January 3 - January 9, Walt Kowalski, culture

Fame speaks

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Do celebrity endorsements really make a difference?

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: 2008, Academy Award-winning, Asian American, Barack Obama, Clint Eastwood, Daniel Dae Kim, Dean Cain, Jon Voight, Kelly Hu, Lorenzo Lamas, M. Night Shyamalan, Maxine Hong Kingston, Robert Duvall, Tom Selleck, Vera Wang, margaret cho, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

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