August At Akiko's.
August At Akiko's.
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Akemi Bischo, Akiko Masuda, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Ciara Lacy, Easten Tanimoto, Phoenix Yamashiro, Robbie Kane, Steve Iwamoto
Originally produced by Factory 25 in 2018.
Armed with just his suitcase and a sax, cosmopolitan musician Alex returns home to Hawaii, having been away for nearly a decade. He takes refuge in a Buddhist B&B with a woman named Akiko. Alex’s experimental free jazz music at first collides with the sounds of Akiko’s meditation, but as the film evolves and a friendship develops, the two harmonize. Nominated for Best First Film at the **Rotterdam International Film Festival.** Winner of the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the **San Diego Asian Film Festival**. "*Transcendently inventive.*" - Richard Brody, ***The New Yorker***
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
6713358 Kanopy
Independent films.
Drama.
Motion pictures.
Feature films.
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Akemi Bischo, Akiko Masuda, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Ciara Lacy, Easten Tanimoto, Phoenix Yamashiro, Robbie Kane, Steve Iwamoto
Originally produced by Factory 25 in 2018.
Armed with just his suitcase and a sax, cosmopolitan musician Alex returns home to Hawaii, having been away for nearly a decade. He takes refuge in a Buddhist B&B with a woman named Akiko. Alex’s experimental free jazz music at first collides with the sounds of Akiko’s meditation, but as the film evolves and a friendship develops, the two harmonize. Nominated for Best First Film at the **Rotterdam International Film Festival.** Winner of the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the **San Diego Asian Film Festival**. "*Transcendently inventive.*" - Richard Brody, ***The New Yorker***
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
6713358 Kanopy
Independent films.
Drama.
Motion pictures.
Feature films.