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Perry Yung is the real deal. He plays Father Jun on the hit show Warrior, but he is also a Warrior in real life. I’m inspired by his activism in the community and I want to be just like Perry when I grow up.
I’m grateful to have Perry back on the show to discuss his new film The Harvest and season 3 of Warrior. Don’t worry fans, there are no spoiler alerts in this episode.
He also shares his love for music and collaboration with fellow artists in the band Judo Club. They recently recorded the song, “Stop Asian Hate” and will be doing a fundraiser on GoFundMe to make a film about the journey.
It is an honor to have guests like Perry on the show. I truly enjoy these conversations and hope you do too. Please share this podcast with others and rate it on your platform of choice.
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Coming soon: GoFundMe Link for Perry’s Fundraiser
About Perry Yung
Perry Yung is a multimedia performance artist, actor, and musician who works in contemporary performance art, television, and film. He is best known as Father Jun in the HBO series Warrior and fan favorite Ping Wu in Steven Soderberg’s Cinemax show The Knick.
He was the founder of the Asian American performance collective SLANT Performance Group who created critically acclaimed theatrical performances. As a member of La Mama’s Great Jones Repertory Group, he has performed leading roles in Andrei Serban and Elizabeth Swados’ Fragments of a Greek Trilogy around the world.
Perry is also a traditionally trained Japanese Shakuhachi flute craftsman and musician. He leads meditation flute-making and playing workshops in Zen temples and colleges across the United States.
Since 2009, he has been producing the Family Playdate Series for La Mama Theater in New York City using the Shakuhachi flute to acknowledge and embrace heritage. More recently he has been integrating the traditional zen flute into film and television such as in Warrior for Cinemax/HBOmax, and has been making video meditation art.
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