
Sound
June Kuramoto
Born 1948-06-22
June Kuramoto is best known for being a co-founder and koto musician for the Grammy-nominated band, Hiroshima. Her recording credits for television, film, and stage include Heroes, The Last Samurai, and the musical Sansei.
Acting credits
NRProduced in collaboration with The International Channel, HIROSHIMA...TWENTY YEARS LATER brings audiences up to date with the three principal members of the jazz fusion band Hiroshima in the years since they were profiled in Duane Kubo's classic 1975 documentary CRUISIN' J-TOWN. Saxophonist Dan Kuramoto, koto player June Okida Kuramoto, and percussionist Johnny Mori recount their individual and group careers during the previous two decades and also discuss their impact on newer generations of musical artists and community activists.
Hiroshima...Twenty Years Later
1996
NRPILGRIMAGE tells the inspiring story of how an abandoned WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans has been transformed into a symbol of retrospection and solidarity for people of all ages, races and nationalities in our post 9/11 world.
Pilgrimage
2007
6.0Celebrates the music and influences of contemporary Asian American culture on Dan Kuramoto, June Okida Kuramoto, and Johnny Mori — three musicians who make up the core of the jazz fusion band Hiroshima. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Visual Communications in 2011.
Cruisin' J-Town
1975
