AWARDS UPDATE

Jimmie Winners: Director Akira Kurosawa has won the 1991 Assn. of Asian/Pacific American Artists Lifetime Achievement Award. Kurosawa, whose credits include “Ran” and “Dreams,” will receive the honor at the group’s annual media awards ceremony on March 18 in Beverly Hills. Other recipients of the Jimmie Awards, named after cinematographer James Wong Howe, include the film “Come See the Paradise” and the TV series “Twin Peaks.” The association is committed to encouraging realistic portrayals of Asian/Pacific Americans in the media.