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."

  • Npe: Chris Tashima
  • Cov Nrov: 0.918
  • Paub Txog: Acting
  • Hnub yug: 1960-03-24
  • Qhov chaw yug: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Chris Tashima Movies

  • 2023
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    Kodama

    Kodama

    1 2023 HD

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  • 1987
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    Overkill

    Overkill

    2.6 1987 HD

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  • 2013
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    Real Playing Game

    Real Playing Game

    4.2 2013 HD

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  • 2018
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    Surviving Theater 9

    Surviving Theater 9

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2012
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    Lil Tokyo Reporter

    Lil Tokyo Reporter

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Model Minority

    Model Minority

    4.3 2012 HD

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  • 2022
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    No No Girl

    No No Girl

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2003
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    Day of Independence

    Day of Independence

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1998
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    Lani Loa: The Passage

    Lani Loa: The Passage

    3 1998 HD

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  • 2014
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    Under the Blood-Red Sun

    Under the Blood-Red Sun

    6.7 2014 HD

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  • 1997
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    Visas and Virtue

    Visas and Virtue

    5.8 1997 HD

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  • 2006
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    Americanese

    Americanese

    2 2006 HD

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  • 2009
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    Half Kenneth

    Half Kenneth

    1 2009 HD

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  • 1997
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    Strawberry Fields

    Strawberry Fields

    5.7 1997 HD

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  • 1991
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    The Perfect Weapon

    The Perfect Weapon

    6.1 1991 HD

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  • 1985
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    Killzone

    Killzone

    3.7 1985 HD

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  • 1984
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    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    7.3 1984 HD

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  • 2017
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    Go for Broke

    Go for Broke

    6 2017 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Karate Kid Part II

    The Karate Kid Part II

    6.284 1986 HD

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  • 1987
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    Lethal Weapon

    Lethal Weapon

    7.3 1987 HD

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  • 1995
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    Requiem

    Requiem

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Hour of the Ox

    The Hour of the Ox

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1997
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    Visas and Virtue

    Visas and Virtue

    5.8 1997 HD

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  • 2003
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    Day of Independence

    Day of Independence

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Day of Independence

    Day of Independence

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1997
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    Visas and Virtue

    Visas and Virtue

    5.8 1997 HD

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  • 1987
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    Near Dark

    Near Dark

    6.9 1987 HD

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  • 1979
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    Investigation of Fear

    Investigation of Fear

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Investigation of Fear

    Investigation of Fear

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Investigation of Fear

    Investigation of Fear

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Investigation of Fear

    Investigation of Fear

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Investigation of Fear

    Investigation of Fear

    1 1979 HD

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