(CNN)-- Growing up in a tough area of post-war Tokyo, heroes were hard to find. For many they were baseball players, but for filmmaker Takeshi Kitano it was the local yakuza who were simply much ...

Japanese-Taiwanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro, renowned for his reclusive lifestyle in recent years, appeared in a promotional post for Muji China, marking his first major public engagement in three ...

Stanford’s Asian American Art Initiative allows for a range of expression not usually granted to Asian-American artists — something especially refreshing in this rare moment of visibility.

This film blends wicked wire work, surreal swordplay, and rage-filled heroic insanity on a blood-soaked canvas that only comes ... this film also features fantastic performances by Andy Lau and ...