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Dale Minami is an attorney with the firm of Minami, Lew & Tamaki LLP in San Francisco specializing in personal injury and entertainment law. He was a co-founder of the Asian Law Caucus, Inc., a co-founder of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, the Asian Pacific Bar of California, and the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans. He has been involved in significant litigation involving the civil rights of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other minorities, including Korematsu v. United States, a lawsuit to overturn a 40-year-old conviction for refusal to obey exclusion orders aimed at Japanese Americans during WWII, originally upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in landmark decisions. Mr. Minami also represents Kristi Yamaguchi, the 1992 Olympic Gold Medal skater, CNBC London correspondent Sydnie Kohara, KGOÕs David Louie, KPIX weatherman Lawrence Karnow, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda; and actor Lane Nishikawa. He is counsel to several community organizations including the National Asian American Telecommunications Association and the Asian American JournalistsÕ Association. Mr. Minami has taught at U.C. Berkeley and Mills College in Oakland and has been a Commissioner of the State of CaliforniaÕs Fair Employment and Housing Commission, a Commissioner of the State Bar of California, Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, the Chair of the Attorney GeneralÕs Asian/Pacific Advisory Committee and a Member of Senator BarbaraÕs Judicial Screening Committee. He is the past Chair of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund Commission, appointed by President Clinton in 1994.
Dale Minami, [EXECUTIVE PRODUCER]
Diane Emiko Takei is actively involved in both film and theater. Her long affiliation with Mr. Gotanda includes working as a Director, Producer and Dramaturge on many of his projects. Ms. Takei served as a Producer and Actor on Mr. Gotanda's two shorts, THE KISS and DRINKING TEA, as well as the feature, LIFE TASTES GOOD. She has served as the Artistic Director of the Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco where she directed and developed pieces from a wide range of subjects. She is currently serving as the Project Director of Gotanda's newest theater play, AFTER THE WAR. Ms. Take is presently working with the LTG team on the sale of film.
Diane Emiko Takei, [PRODUCER]Pamela Wu has served as Director of the Asian American Theater Company for the past five years. AATC co-produced SISTERS MATSUMOTO by Philip Kan Gotanda, which premiered at both the Seattle Repertory Theater and the San Jose Repertory Theater; and a new collaborative work entitled PARTY LIKE ITS 1999 with Culture Clash, 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors and Latina Theater Lab. Ms. Wu is a graduate of the Third World Newsreal Film and Video Workshop in NYC and the University of California at Berkeley, EECS. As a theater administrator, she has worked for Playwrights Horizons, the Manhattan Theater Club and Carnegie Hall. Ms. Wu has also worked as a producer/production manager in film. Her credits include: the short film "Drinking Tea" also directed by Philip Kan Gotanda, "A Litany for Survival," "Andre Lorde," "History of the Blues," "Bar Blue Sky," and "Farewell China." She also assisted Academy Award-winner Steven Okasaki with "The Dark End of the Street," which will air on HBO this year. Ms. Wu is a Steering Committee member of the Asian Pacific American Arts Coalition, the San Francisco Asian American Arts Initiative and serves on the board of the newly formed Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center.
Pam Wu, [PRODUCER]
Wendy Braitman is the founding director of IFFCON, the International Film Financing Conference, and has been the Director since its inauguration in 1994. IFFCON is North AmericaÕs premiere film financing event, linking independent producers with international financing. Ms. Braitman is Associate Producer of "The Celluloid Closet," directed by Academy Award-winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
Wendy Braitman, [CO-PRODUCER]
Michael ChinÕs numerous credits include "Chan is Missing," "Dim Sum," "Eat A Bowl of Tea," all with Wayne Wang. His documentary work includes acclaimed titles such as the Academy Award-Winning "In the Shadow of the Stars," and nominee "The Fight Over Citizen Kane." Among his other numerous credits are "Eyes on the Prize 1," "Forbidden City" for Arthur Dong, and "Hitchcock, Selznick" which also showed at the Sundance Film Festival this year.
Michael Chin, [DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY]
Kate Edmunds has designed scenery for theaters throughout the country for twenty years. As resident designer at San FranciscoÕs ACT she has designed many productions including "The Tempest" starring David Straitharn and "Hecuba" starring Olympia Dukakis. Among current projects is Philip Kan GotandaÕs "The Sisters Matsumoto." A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Ms. Edmunds also teaches design at UC Berkeley.
Kate Edmunds, [PRODUCTION DESIGNER]
Dan Kuramoto is leader, co-founder and producer of the band, Hiroshima. Having sold over three million recordings worldwide, Hiroshima, newly signed to Windham Hill/BMG Records, is preparing to record its tenth CD. Mr. KuramotoÕs career as a composer runs the gamut from records, television, theater, museums and film. In addition to writing and producing other record artists, Mr. Kuramoto has composed the music for countless of television shows including the pilot for ABCÕs "OÕHara," the CBS Afternoon special "Asian Eyes," the theme for the PBS series "Folklore Theater" and the Showtime miniseries "Home Fires." Along the way he has garnered several awards including an Emmy for Best Music, ChildrenÕs Series, "Bean Sprouts." Mr. Kuramoto has also scored feature films as well as Academy Award-nominated short subjects. His Shakuhachi (Japanese Bamboo Flute) has been heard on many movies, including the current "Thin Red Line." Perhaps Mr. KuramotoÕs greatest love is composing for theater, where his credits include the Los Angeles and Broadway productions of "Zoot Suit," the four city run of "Ballad of Yachiyo," the Berkeley and Los Angeles production of David Henry HwangÕs "Dance and the Railroad" and "House of Sleeping Beauties," and the Mark Taper Forum production of "Sansei," a musical-drama based on the lives of the members of Hiroshima.
Dan Kuramoto, [COMPOSER]
Michael Emery is a sound recordist in the Bay area. He has worked in television and film on documentaries and features.
Michael Emery, [SOUND RECORDIST]
Lydia Tanji works in both theater and film. Her film credits include: The Joy Luck Club, Hot Summer Winds, Thousand Pieces of Gold, Dim Sum, The Wash, and as assistant designer on Come See The Paradise and The Player.
Lydia Tanji, [Costume Designer]
Maysie is a well established Hollywood editor. Some of her credits include: The Player; Joy Luck Club, Smoke, What Dreams May Come.
Maysie Hoy, [Editor]
Jim McSilver, [Production Manager, Post Supervisor, Editing]