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Steven Okazaki portrait

Steven Okazaki

4 films

Steven Toll Okazaki (born March 12, 1952, in Venice, California) is an American filmmaker. He is Sansei Japanese American (3rd generation) and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has received a Peabody Award and been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning an Oscar for the documentary short subject, Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo (1990).

Where to Start with Steven Okazaki

Steven Okazaki appears in 4 films in the Pulse of Cinema catalogue. The highest Pulse-rated are White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street, Mifune: The Last Samurai, a strong place to start exploring Steven Okazaki's work.

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 77

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2007
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street 70

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street

2000
Mifune: The Last Samurai 69

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016

Steven Okazaki: Films 4

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 77

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2007
Mifune: The Last Samurai 69

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street 70

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street

2000
Living on Tokyo Time 67

Living on Tokyo Time

1987

Frequent Collaborators

Keanu Reeves Keanu Reeves 1 film together Kyōko Kagawa Kyōko Kagawa 1 film together Yōko Tsukasa Yōko Tsukasa 1 film together Yoshio Tsuchiya Yoshio Tsuchiya 1 film together Takeshi Katō Takeshi Katō 1 film together Kaoru Yachigusa Kaoru Yachigusa 1 film together