Lisa Onodera

Filmes

Escrevendo Amor
Consulting Producer
Quando a renomada editora literária Max Normane conhece o conturbado mas talentoso escritor Jake Buckley, ela vê em seus textos muitos mais do que apenas uma boa história. É então que Max decide publicar seu livro… em troca de uma doação de esperma! Mas nenhum deles poderia imaginar a confusão que a fama, a fortuna e uma linda criança causariam na vida de duas pessoas que não conseguem enxergar a história de amor escrita em seus corações.
Americanese
Producer
Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial identities, they find other suitable mates but cannot stay away from each other
Day of Independence
Producer
Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.
Picture Bride
Producer
Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has never met. Hoping to escape a troubled past and start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age. The miserable girl finds solace with her new friend Kana, a young mother who helps Riyo accept her new life.
Forbidden City, U.S.A.
Associate Producer
A documentary about Forbidden City, a San Francisco Chinese-American nightclub open from the 1930s to the 1960s.