| 2007 Mako Iwamatsu Film Screening presented by the Aurora Foundation and Kasloff Foundation |
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Mako Iwamatsu Film Screening presented by the Aurora Foundation and Kasloff Foundation   Sunday, April 29, 2007 1:00 PM: Documentary - "Taro Yashima -Itsukushimu Inochi" (45 min.) Taro Yashima (1908-1994) always had his theme, "praising one's life," and expressed it through his paintings. This documentary film features Taro Yashima himself as well as his two sons, actor Mako Iwamatsu, and non fiction writer Chihiro Isa. Ceremony: The Second Kasloff Foundation Japanese-American Pioneer Award Video message: Yoji Yamada (10 min.) 2:30 PM: "The Homeland" (108 min.) Directed by Tonko Horikawa, written by Yoji Yamada Starring Takaya Kamikawa, Mako, Yoshino Kimura Master writer/director Yoji Yamada, acclaimed worldwide for the "Twilight Samurai," and Mako, team up in this new drama about war, homeland, and family. A young man meets an old former Kamikaze pilot (Mako) on a southern island, and becomes involved in a poignant mystery. Both films are in Japanese. (No English subtitles) FILM SCREENING PRESS RELESASE (ENGLISH PDF) FILM SCREENING PRESS RELESASE (JAPANESE PDF)
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