Tsuru Aoki
From Wikipedia Tsuru Aoki (September 9, 1892 – October 18, 1961) was a popular Japanese stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top-billing in American motion pictures.
The Typhoon
as uncreditedTokoramo, a Japanese diplomat on a mission to Paris, begins a love affair with Helene, a chorus...
Movie pageHis Birthright
as Saki SanYukio is illegal in the United States and is used by a gang of spies for their plans. Yukio must...
Movie pageThe Dragon Painter
as Ume-KoA wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he...
Movie pageThe Wrath of the Gods
as Toya SanAn American sailor falls in love with a fisherman's daughter and convinces her that Jesus is...
Movie pageBonds of Honor
as Toku-ko (as Tsuri Aoki)In this picture, Sessue Hayakawa is in a dual role, playing twin brothers. One of them,...
Movie pageThe Bravest Way
as Sat-uJapanese actor Sessue Hayakawa was one of the most popular leading men in American silent...
Movie pageThe Last of the Line
as Girl at RiversideSioux leader Chief Gray Otter sends his son Tiah to the white man's school so that he can become...
Movie pageO Mimi san
as O Mimi SanA silent melodrama from the very first series of American films to use a Japanese cast. The...
Movie pageThe Courageous Coward
as Rei OakiSessue Hayakawa was making the transition from Asian villain to sympathetic hero in this...
Movie pageThe Honorable Friend
as Toki-YeMakino works for Kayosho, a Japanese curio dealer in America. To reward Makino's dedication,...
Movie pageNight Life in Hollywood
as SelfA picture depicting the engrossing adventures of a small town youth in Hollywood and showing the...
Movie pageThe Breath of the Gods
as Yuki OndaWhile attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai,...
Movie pageBlack Roses
as Blossom (as Tsura Aoki)Japanese architect Yoda is hired as groundskeeper for retired criminal Benson Burleigh.
Movie pageThe Death Mask
as Princess NonaA Native American warrior travels to a faraway tribe to find and defend a woman that haunts his...
Movie pageA Heart in Pawn
as SadaToyama wants to go to college in America but his alcoholic father won't supply the funds. He...
Movie pageA Tokyo Siren
as Asuti HishuriDr. John Niblock is conducting research in Japan when he is called to revive Asuti Hishuri, who...
Movie pageThe Call of the East
as O'Mitsu, His SisterWhile visiting Alan, who works in Tokyo, she attends a festival with her Japanese maid while...
Movie pageThe Great Prince Shan
as NitaAn assassinated Lord's daughter refuses to marry a Chinese prince but agrees to be his mistress.
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