Chris Tashima

Chris Tashima

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."
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
    Birthday
    3/24/1960
Kodama
0
Overkill
Overkill
2.6
Real Playing Game
Real Playing Game
4.2
Surviving Theater 9
Surviving Theater 9
0
Lil Tokyo Reporter
Lil Tokyo Reporter
0
Model Minority
Model Minority
4.3
No No Girl
No No Girl
0
Visas and Virtue
Visas and Virtue
6.2
Day of Independence
Day of Independence
0
Strawberry Fields
Strawberry Fields
5.7
The Perfect Weapon
The Perfect Weapon
6.1
Under the Blood-Red Sun
Under the Blood-Red Sun
6.7
Americanese
Americanese
2
Lani Loa: The Passage
3
Half Kenneth
Half Kenneth
0
Killzone
Killzone
3.7
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street
7.3
Go for Broke
Go for Broke
6
The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid Part II
6.3
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon
7.3
Requiem
Requiem
0
The Hour of the Ox
The Hour of the Ox
0
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