Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker

Takeshi Miyanishi in May 2022. Photo by Brett Homenick.   Check out the latest vintage account on Vantage Point Interviews with compositor a...

Photo © Alex Cox. Film director Alex Cox, the brains behind the '80s classics Repo Man (1984), Sid and Nancy (1986), and Walker (1987...

Makoto Ikeda. Photo by Brett Homenick. Today (Thursday, March 14), I spent a wonderful afternoon in the home of Makoto Ikeda, a former membe...

A sign advertising the "Akira Kurosawa, Screenwriter" exhibit outside the National Film Archive of Japan. Photo by Brett Homenick....

Hiroyuki Kawase. Photo by Brett Homenick. The first full-length, English-language interview with former child actor Hiroyuki Kawase has jus...

With Shogo Tomiyama on March 31, 2021. Two interviews with former Toho Pictures President Shogo Tomiyama have been posted on Vantage Point I...

Tatsuyoshi Ehara in June 2016. Photo by Brett Homenick. Prolific Toho actor Tatsuyoshi Ehara passed away on May 1 at 11:26 a.m. at his home...

Signage outside the National Film Archive of Japan. Photo by Brett Homenick. Today, I took in a screening of the Toho fantasy actioner  The ...

Photo © Alex Cox. My new interview with director Alex Cox about his film Tombstone Rashomon (2017) as well as his documentary Ku...

Poster © TriCoast Entertainment. Alex Cox, the iconoclastic director of the cult classic Repo Man (1984) and the critically acclaime...

Shigeo Kato in Kamakura in March 2017. Photo by Brett Homenick. According to Japanese media reports , veteran Toho actor Shigeo Kato ...

Shigeo Kato in January 2019. Photo by Brett Homenick. I've posted a trio of new interviews at Vantage Point Interviews . First, m...

 The Great Buddha has arrived! Photo by Brett Homenick. On Wednesday, October 30, Jacob and I paid a visit to Kamakura to take in the...

Yoichi Matsue (far left) with Akira Kurosawa (next to him) in the Soviet Union for Dersu Uzala . Frequent Akira Kurosawa collaborator...

Ai Matsubara onstage, about to perform. Photo by Brett Homenick. Tonight, when work was finished, I immediately headed over to Yokoha...

Shigeo Kato. Photo by Brett Homenick.  Earlier this week, on Wednesday, March 20, I had a chance to catch up with Shigeo Kato, the vete...

In between actor Koji Shimizu (left) and cinematographer Masao Nakabori.  Earlier this evening, I attended a special celebration of the...

Actress Kin Sugai in her brief (but memorable) performance in Godzilla (1954). Award-winning actress Kin Sugai passed away on Augus...

Shigeo Kato. Photo by Brett Homenick. Today, I visited Kamakura to have another meeting with former Toho actor Shigeo Kato. Kato-san ...

Masako Izumi. Photo by Brett Homenick. Tonight, I had a very pleasant evening in the company of former Nikkatsu actress Masako Izumi....