Caption: On the Red Carpet: San Diego International Kids' Film Festival Award Ceremony - Lead actors Chris Tashima and Kyler Sakamoto (and Kalene & Karl Sakamoto) representing "Under the Blood Red Sun" - August 30, 2015; American Spirit Theater, Escondido CA
Actor, Art Department, Writer
Known for: Visas and Virtue (1997), Lil Tokyo Reporter (2012), Day of Independence (2003), Americanese (2006)
Source: IMDB
In 1998, Chris Tashima received an Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film, for Visas and Virtue (1997) -- a 26-minute historical drama inspired by Holocaust rescuer Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara -- which he directed, co-wrote (adapting an original one-act play by Tim Toyama), and starred as the Humanitarian diplomat. To produce the film, he ...