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One exceptional Nisei, the different pieces of whose life I have been trying to investigate, was a man by the name of Yoshitaka Wilfred Horiuchi. …
One of the most fascinating, and most poignant, stories of Nikkei performers in the “golden age” of Hollywood is that of Miki Morita (AKA Mike …
Read Part 1 >> Iris Yamaoka actually started her film career before her older brother Otto. She was a less prolific performer than her elder …
As readers of this column know, I have done a great deal of research in recent years on the panoply of Asian American performers who …
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According to Ken Adachi’s The Enemy That Never Was, there were about 1,500 Japanese-Canadians in Japan at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack (1941). …
Yoko Tani, an Asian actor working primarily in the 1950s and 1960s, was born Itani Yoko. Though both her parents were Japanese, she was described, …
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Not much is known about David Toguri’s early life. He’s also not well-known in the Asian North American communities, especially in Canada, his birthplace—which is …
Read Part 1 >> In summer 1945, while still confined at Poston, Teru Shimada was cast as a Filipino scout in a war propaganda film …
One of the great leading men of motion picture history was Sessue Hayakawa, whose magnetic good looks and style captivated audiences around the world. Hayakawa …
When people ask me what it’s like to be doing Valley of the Heart by the Luis Valdez at the Mark Taper Forum, my go-to …
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Episode 13 June 20 at 5 p.m. (PDT) | 8 p.m. (EDT) Featured Nima: Alden M. Hayashi Guest Host: Mia Barnett
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