{"id":34307,"date":"2026-05-11T06:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=34307"},"modified":"2026-05-11T06:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:25:40","slug":"the-a-list-15-stories-from-asian-and-pacific-diasporas-exclusive-interview-with-director-eugene-yi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=34307","title":{"rendered":"The A List : 15 Stories From Asian and Pacific Diasporas \/ Exclusive Interview with Director Eugene Yi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called &#8220;Morning Satellite&#8221; at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-34308\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-A-List-poster-686x1024.png\" alt=\"The A List : 15 Stories From Asian and Pacific Diasporas \" width=\"686\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-A-List-poster-686x1024.png 686w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-A-List-poster-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-A-List-poster-696x1039.png 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-A-List-poster.png 710w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The A List : 15 stories From Asian and Diasporas<\/strong> : What does it mean to be AAPI? Trailblazers from Sandra Oh to Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Kumail Nanjiani to Connie Chung and more, reflect with joy, humor and sorrow on navigating their prismatic identities and finding community in this HBO Original documentary.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> : Eugene Yi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong> : Chad Thompson, Eugene Yi, Jada Yuan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor<\/strong> : HBO Max<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Perfect Day Film<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Documentary<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Streaming)<\/strong> : May 13, 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime<\/strong> : 1h 30m<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>If you like the interview, share your thoughts below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more of Nobuhiro&#8217;s articles.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"N6Zsu7F5gFM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The A List | Official Trailer | HBO\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N6Zsu7F5gFM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called &#8220;Morning Satellite&#8221; at the New York branch&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,20471],"tags":[14668,7330,30598,30600,6776,231,196,30599,1267,6943],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The A List : 15 Stories From Asian and Pacific Diasporas \/ Exclusive Interview with Director Eugene Yi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The A List : 15 stories From Asian and Diasporas : What does it mean to be AAPI? 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