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Chris Tashima‌

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Male

Birthday

calendar1960-03-24

Popularity

star1.7

Chris Tashima

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Chris Tashima

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1960-03-24

Popularity

star1.7

Biography

Chris Tashima is an award-winning American actor and director. He has starred in numerous independent feature films, most notably as the romantic lead opposite Joan Chen, Allison Sie, Kelly Hu and Autumn Reeser, in Eric Byler's Americanese which won a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast at SXSW. He was awarded Best Actor in a Supporting Role, at the inaugural Love International Film Festival, for his portrayal of Papa Nakaji in Tim Savage's World War II family drama Under the Blood Red Sun produced by Dana Satler Hankins. He portrayed real-life educator/activist Shigeo Yoshida in the 442nd RCT origin story Go For Broke from producer/screenwriter Stacey Hayashi. Most recently, he played the hard-nosed Uncle Bob in the generational family comedy No No Girl from writer/director Paul Daisuke Goodman--for which he received two nominations at the Austin Revolution Film Festival, and he plays Hiro in Brian M. Tang's action/fantasy short Kodama, receiving its world premiere at SXSW 2023. Tashima received an Academy Award® for directing the dramatic short film Visas and Virtue, a re-telling of the heroic actions of Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara. In addition he co-wrote the screenplay adapting a one-act play by Tim Toyama, and starred as the Humanitarian diplomat Sugihara. He also directed, co-wrote and starred in the WWII Japanese American internment short film Day of Independence which was nominated for a NATAS Northern California Area Emmy®. These two directorial works came from Tashima's own Cedar Grove Productions, an indie entertainment house aiming to "Boldly defy mainstream Hollywood by giving Asian Americans the close-up onscreen."

Movie Credits

Kodama

Kodama‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Overkill

Overkill‌
star2.6
calendar 1987

Real Playing Game

Real Playing Game‌
star4.2
calendar 2013

Surviving Theater 9

Surviving Theater 9‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Lil Tokyo Reporter

Lil Tokyo Reporter‌
star0.0
calendar 2012

Model Minority

Model Minority‌
star4.3
calendar 2012

No No Girl

No No Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Day of Independence

Day of Independence‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Lani Loa: The Passage

Lani Loa: The Passage‌
star3.0
calendar 1998

Under the Blood-Red Sun

Under the Blood-Red Sun‌
star6.7
calendar 2014

Visas and Virtue

Visas and Virtue‌
star5.8
calendar 1997

Americanese

Americanese‌
star2.0
calendar 2006

Half Kenneth

Half Kenneth‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Strawberry Fields

Strawberry Fields‌
star5.7
calendar 1997

The Perfect Weapon

The Perfect Weapon‌
star6.1
calendar 1991

Killzone

Killzone‌
star3.7
calendar 1985

A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street‌
star7.3
calendar 1984

Go for Broke

Go for Broke‌
star6.0
calendar 2017

The Karate Kid Part II

The Karate Kid Part II‌
star6.3
calendar 1986

Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon‌
star7.3
calendar 1987

Requiem

Requiem‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

The Hour of the Ox

The Hour of the Ox‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

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