The Imperial Dancer: Keigo Takeuchi's Incredible Life
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Inspiring story of a dancer trained in a Japanese American internment camp who rose above prejudice to become world renowned.
Backers: 154
Average Pledge Per Backer: $99
Funded: $15,223 of $13,000
Dates: Oct 27th -> Nov 26th (31 days)
Project By: Michael Goro Takeuchi
Backers: 154
Average Pledge Per Backer: $99
Funded: $15,223 of $13,000
Dates: Oct 27th -> Nov 26th (31 days)
Project By: Michael Goro Takeuchi
$15,223
current pledge level
Last Updated: November 26 @ 21:02 -0500 GMT
117%
of goal
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VICTORY!!! 
November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00 (The above was a rather poorly reenacted scene by Kevin Dillon's character Johnny Drama in the show "Entourage". ) I simply cannot believe it. We reached our goal and... (Read More)
Down to minutes to go, and just now realizing the scope of this campaign.
November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Okay, there's still a little over eight hours to go, 8:37 to be precise, but it might as well be 517 minutes. I'm jumping out of my skin! Looking at all the people who backed, I am overwhelmed by the support. Friends, neighbors, soon-to-be... (Read More)
My scalp isn't moving so what do I do? Ride a roller coaster?!?
November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
"You're stressed," my stylist Yoko told me. How so? "Your scalp won't move it's so tight." She was right, I had been stressed and sleeping less than six hours a night for the last couple of weeks surely didn't help even though this campaign is... (Read More)
31 Hours and 200 Beats per minute and counting
November 25th - via: kickstarter.com
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!! My heart is beating 200 bpm (the maximum for my age is considerably less)!!! We have 31 hours to go and we are approaching the stretch goal of $15,000-$17,000!! Gentle reminder emails are being sent and then heading... (Read More)
The Greatest Day of the Campaign....so far.
November 25th - via: kickstarter.com
I have to say, this was the greatest day of this campaign so far. From the early morning hours when Kickstarter told me that this project was going to be highlighted as the top "publishing" project to all the support on different social media... (Read More)
Kickstarter "Highlighted" Project and Skateboards-Every day, every hour, of the campaign it gets better!
November 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Someone recently asked me what it's like to do a Kickstarter campaign. After a moment of thought, I responded doing a campaign is like running a Hollywood style red carpet event for six straight days and then doing a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike,... (Read More)
At a loss for an original word.
November 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Okay, I can't use the word "wow" any more when describing the support for this campaign because I've used it way too much. But, wow! The support keeps coming. No sooner did I start sending emails out for the stretch run, the next wave of... (Read More)
First Goal Reached!!! So....
November 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
....what's next? It's 12:47 a.m. on Sunday the 23rd and I'm exhausted. But I can't sleep because I'm still excited! What a last couple of days it has been. I look back to when this campaign launched on October 27 at the Arlington Theatre... (Read More)
And then the clock hit 8:08....
November 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
GOAL ONE DONE!! Thank you Everyone! I felt like it was Christmas Even last night. I went to bed at 2:45 a.m. and woke up at 7:00 and sure enough I felt like I was eight-years-old waiting for that race car set under the tree. But instead of... (Read More)
Wow!
November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Reacting to Mary Beth Riordan's backing inside of Handlebar Roasters (photo by David Monico) W-O-W!!! A small, simple three-letter world that speaks volumes, especially after today. Last night while standing in front of the Los Angeles County... (Read More)
Inspiration in the City of Angels
November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Spent a day in Los Angeles today to gain some piece of mind. One may ask how a person can be calm in a place that contains almost four million people in the city proper alone? But traipsing through West Hollywood, Little Tokyo and Pasadena,... (Read More)
A Rare Find of a Sublime Talent. And then there's Marlon Brando in "The Imperial Dancer".
November 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Quick, before looking at the photo below, name the first Asian to win an Academy Award in acting? The correct answer is Miyoshi Umeki (on the left), who won Best Supporting Actress for her turn in the 1957 film "Sayonara". Umeki starred with... (Read More)
The Stretch Run Begins
November 18th - via: kickstarter.com
"Everything is awesome ! Everything is cool when you're part of a team. Everything is awesome When we're living our dream!!" From "The Lego Movie" Okay, that song kind of sticks in your head like what Oliver Sacks ("Awakenings", "Musicophilla")... (Read More)
Los Angeles Bound for Okaeri Tomorrow!
November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Possibly the biggest day for the campaign yet tomorrow!!! Heading to the Japanese American National Museum for the Nikkei LGBTQ Okaeri event. We'll be in LA talking up the project at a table. So if you are in the City of Angels please come by... (Read More)
The Big Picture
November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
When I was told that this project was going to be featured in the Santa Barbara News-Press, I figured, okay it's going to be a small corner story. But when I opened up the paper today, splashed across the top was this guy's made-for-radio mug... (Read More)
Two Weeks to Go
November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, It's hard to believe that this project launched two weeks ago yesterday and now we passed that halfway point. The project is picking up steam and I'm fired up and ready to go! Moment of kismet-While covering a high school volleyball match... (Read More)
Wild horses couldn't drag me away...
November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Today was an unusual day. While taking a break on my bicycle, I encountered four different hawks flying low past me, three buffalo (including a baby buff!) on a ranch, and these horses were waiting for me when I got to the top of the hill! They... (Read More)
Support is coming from all angles.
November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Some VERY exciting things coming down the pike this week. In addition to the tenacious campaigning I will be in the middle of, a feature story on this campaign will be published in the Santa Barbara News-Press on Wednesday and on Saturday, my... (Read More)
Much work done, much more to do...
November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
"...and loving it!" Agent 86 Maxwell Smart in "Get Smart" Hello Everyone! It certainly has been a heckuva week. While funding has slowed a bit, there have been many developments where I strongly believe things will pick up very soon! My... (Read More)
New Video by Luke Archer and Lexus!
October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to Luke Archer of Cool Hand Look we have a brand new video! Check out Luke's other works on Coolhandlook.com !! (Read More)
Day 2-3 Grinding Away and Loving it!
October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Well, I just got off the phone with a 90-something sweetheart named Dorothy. She knew my uncle Keigo as her sister was his dance partner at one time. She spun some yarns! Another unexpected gem from out of the blue. But that's the way this... (Read More)
Thank you Christina Baglas, Jamie Allison and Kevin Young!! Pretty stoked about getting a "Staff Pick" too. Thank you Kickstarter!!!
October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
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10, 9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.One Great Launch!
October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
I couldn't have asked for a better start than this. Great day, good friends. We are on our way. Many thanks to the Conlins, Stuart Sato, Dawn Schroeder, Jerry Siegel, Rich Powell, Katie DeWitt, Delia "Del" Cook, Matt Wier, Michael Albright,... (Read More)
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