The Soba Man (1963)
Black and white UCLA student film, preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A Japanese folktale of the "Soba Man" and a demon without a face blends into the present when Mirico attends a party for her white boyfriend. Japanese-American Mirico is made into an object of fascination to Dom's white friends at a party, unsettling her. She meets Chuck, the host of the party and learns that she resembles a past lover. Mirico shares eerie similarities with the lover and the girl in The "Soba Man" folktale.
Director: Donald Wrye
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Jo Anne Miya as Mirico |
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James Jamison as Dom |
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Andria Williams as Anne |
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Ron Waller as Chuck |
| Directing | Donald Wrye | Director |
| Writing | Donald Wrye | Writer |
| Sound | Donald Hockett | Music |
| Camera | Jorge Preloran | Director of Photography |
| Art | Gerald Mckibbon | Art Direction |
| Art | Lorriane Morgan | Art Direction |
| Directing | Gary Wilmes | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Donald Wrye | Editor |
| Sound | Don Worthen | Sound |
| Production | John Broderick | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Georgette Deveney | Script |
| Camera | Don Sorenson | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ken Greenwald | Camera Operator |
| Camera | John Vicario | Additional Photography |