Jeff Mizushima
Writing
Known For

A sarcastic and self-deprecating Asian-American must take his naive Japanese cousin on a road trip along the California coast to find his ex-girlfriend.
Sake-Bomb

After Richard finds out that his best and only friend, a dwarf hamster named Etienne, has terminal cancer, he decides to take his pocket pet on a bicycle road trip to show him the world before he has to put him to sleep.
Etienne!

Salad Days is a comedic love triangle told through three interconnected story lines, each following one love interest in the triangle.
Salad Days

"Who Is Lun*na Menoh" follows the life and work of the extraordinary Japanese artist. From her early career in Japan to the underground music scene in Los Angeles, from fashion show runways featuring her sculptural designs to art galleries showing her fantastical work, Lun*na's edgy, witty and beautiful creations are explored. Director Jeff Mizushima follows Lun*na's artistic career, showcasing her uniquely individual expressionism and interviewing her family, gallery owners, models, fans, and fellow visual artists & musicians to find out who and what Lun*na Menoh is and why her art, in all of its forms, fits in our world.
Who Is Lun*na Menoh?
A man, who once lost his love, tries to find another. The only obstacle is within himself.
Blue Tide

Based on a true story, JUST GHOST ME is a metafiction recreation of a humorously failed relationship performed by the original writer of the article.
Just Ghost Me

A caring man finally gets out of his way to hunt down the love of his life after her sudden attitude switch and unbearable silent treatment.
The Sacred Bees

Feeling stuck in her acting career, Rachel decides to write and star in a film about her mother, who was a struggling Japanese American actress in 1980s Hollywood. But as she tries to adapt her mother’s story, and digs deeper into her grandmother’s history being sent to and falling in love in a Japanese American incarceration camp during WWII, she is torn between exploiting her family and friends to create a compelling narrative and honoring their privacy.
Yonsei

A psychologist must face her mother's history with eating disorders, exposing a generational struggle shaped by love, shame, and the fight to break the cycle.