USA,
2022, 113 min
Directed by:
Paul GoodmanScreenplay:
Paul GoodmanCinematography:
Ben SlavensComposer:
Brandon LewCast:
Mika Dyo, Chris Tashima, Scott Keiji Takeda, Kurt Kanazawa, Hannah Leigh, Ken Narasaki, Diana Tanaka, Jenny KatrinaPlots(1)
A surprise discovery of her late Nisei grandmother’s hidden love letters sends a young woman on a quest to uncover the secrets of her family buried (both figuratively and literally) under decades of silence and trauma. Paul Daisuke Goodman’s No-No Girl is a humorous and heartfelt comedy that explores how the scars of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in WW2 are passed down through the generations, and a family’s struggle to reclaim and confront their shared trauma. (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Chris Tashima
Best movies:
Killzone (1985)
The Perfect Weapon (1991)
Scott Keiji Takeda
Best movies:
Eat with Me (2014)
Carrie Pilby (2016)
Kurt Kanazawa
USA
Hannah Leigh
Best movies:
An American Crime (2007)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Ken Narasaki
USA
Best movies:
Eat with Me (2014)
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990) (TV movie)
The Onion Movie (2008)
Diana Tanaka
Best movies:
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990) (TV movie)
I'll Remember April (2000)