NEW INTERVIEWS POSTED! Vantage Point Interviews Update!

Actress Yukie Kagawa talks about her career in tokusatsu. Photo by Brett Homenick.

Several new interviews have been posted at Vantage Point Interviews. First, actress Rachel Huggett reminisces about her starring role in the ambitious Toho sci-fi epic Sayonara Jupiter (1984).

Next, actress Yukie Kagawa recalls working for multiple Japanese studios in everything from the Showa Gamera series to Super Sentai at Toei.

Actor Shinichi Yanagisawa shares his acting memories. Photo by Brett Homenick.

Finally, actor Shinichi Yanagisawa discusses his acting career at length in an interview with many rare photos. Yanagisawa-san is best known as Miyamoto from The X from Outer Space (1967).

More interviews to come -- stay tuned!

DAY OF DAIEI! Meeting Several Actors from the House of Gamera!

With actress Yukie Kagawa and actor Sadafumi Kawahara, who both acted in Gamera films at Daiei Studios.

Yesterday I had a wonderful interview with actress Yukie Kagawa, who was in Gamera vs. Barugon (1966), Gamera vs. Gyoas (1967), Cruel Ghost Legend (1968), Curse of the Snake Woman (1968), Horrors of the Malformed Men (1969), Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), Toei's Spider-Man TV series (1978-79), Solar Squadron Sun Vulcan (1981-82). Joining her was former actor Sadafumi Kawahara, who himself appeared in Gamera vs. Barugon and Gamera vs. Gyaos.

Kagawa-san was extremely friendly and gave some great answers to the questions about her career. Stay tuned for more information on that interview very soon!

 Posing with former Daiei Studios actress Kikuko Nishikawa in Chiba, Japan.

Later that evening, I got to meet retired Daiei Studios actress Kikuko Nishikawa, whose best known credit is Yasuzo Musumura's Kisses (1957). Nishikawa-san was likewise very friendly and was surprised to see an American who knew so much about Japanese film. She told me (more than once) that I should be a commentator on TV about Japanese movies. If only that could be the case!

Also at the dinner was Ulf Otsuki, who is always a blast hang out with. Ulf-san was very instrumental in the events of the day, and I will always be grateful for his help.