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Among all the Japanese actors who graced Hollywood screens in the silent and early sound eras, perh…

Greg Robinson • July 12, 2023

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Father Francis Caffrey – A Priest for the Stars and Students Alike

In my previous columns on Maryknoll clergy, I profiled several noteworthy priests and nuns who assi…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Dec. 26, 2022

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11th Japanese TV Connecting Generations: "Japan Hollywood Network"

The maximum number of viewers was 850,000. When I moved from Japan to Los Angeles 30 years ago, I d…

Keiko Fukuda • Dec. 21, 2022

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Tetsu Komai: The Story of The Man You Love to Hate

One of the most prolific, and possibly most underappreciated, Asian American actors of the &ldquo…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 22, 2022

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When Danger Flew East: The Career of Miki Morita

One of the most fascinating, and most poignant, stories of Nikkei performers in the “golden a…

Greg Robinson • July 22, 2022

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The Ichioka Women - Part 1: The Story of Toshia Mori

In the 1930s, the women of the Ichioka family in Los Angeles excelled in multiple walks of life, …

Greg Robinson • July 7, 2022

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Otto and Iris Yamaoka: Asian Actors in 1930s Hollywood - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Iris Yamaoka actually started her film career before her older brother Otto. …

Greg Robinson • April 18, 2022

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Otto and Iris Yamaoka: Asian Actors in 1930s Hollywood - Part 1

As readers of this column know, I have done a great deal of research in recent years on the panoply…

Greg Robinson • April 17, 2022

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Tokyo Rose: The Making of a Hollywood Myth

During the latter stages of World War II, Hollywood studios produced a number of war movies dealing…

Greg Robinson • Nov. 1, 2021

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Lotus Long: The Short Career of a Screen Siren

Ryan Murphy’s recent Netflix miniseries Hollywood uses counterfactual history to tell some re…

Greg Robinson • Oct. 25, 2021

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