Craig Shimahara

Good Soil (2007)

Ships from Europe brought Christianity to the shores of Japan in 1549. For decades the seeds of faith grew under the watchful gaze of the Shogun, but the fear of foreign influence eventually gave rise to persecution. By 1624, Japanese Christians enjoyed only a few ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Shimahara
CAST:  Shin Koyamada  •  Yoshi Ando  •  Atsushi Hirata  •  Yutaka Takeuchi

Ships from Europe brought Christianity to the shores of Japan in 1549. For decades the seeds of faith grew under the watchful gaze of the Shogun, but the fear of foreign influence eventually gave rise to persecution. By 1624, Japanese Christians enjoyed only a few ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Shimahara
CAST:  Shin Koyamada  •  Yoshi Ando  •  Atsushi Hirata  •  Yutaka Takeuchi

Masterless (2015)

Kane Madison is an architect working in Los Angeles while his doppelganger-like spirit, an eighteenth century Ronin, wanders a parallel netherworld of masked demons and Japanese swordsmen. When tragedy strikes, Kane embarks on a journey of faith which prompts the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Shimahara
CAST:  Adam LaVorgna  •  Yutaka Takeuchi  •  Eijiro Ozaki  •  James C. Burns

Kane Madison is an architect working in Los Angeles while his doppelganger-like spirit, an eighteenth century Ronin, wanders a parallel netherworld of masked demons and Japanese swordsmen. When tragedy strikes, Kane embarks on a journey of faith which prompts the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Shimahara
CAST:  Adam LaVorgna  •  Yutaka Takeuchi  •  Eijiro Ozaki  •  James C. Burns