Tsuru Aoki
Birthday: 1892-09-09
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Empire of Japan [now Tokyo, Japan]
Biography: 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.
Movies
The Honorable Friend
Makino works for Kayosho, a Japanese curio dealer in America. To reward Makino's dedication, Kayosho...
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The Dragon Painter
A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds l...
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The Wrath of the Gods
An American sailor falls in love with a fisherman's daughter and convinces her that Jesus is more po...
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The Last of the Line
Sioux leader Chief Gray Otter sends his son Tiah to the white man's school so that he can become a g...
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The Death Mask
A Native American warrior travels to a faraway tribe to find and defend a woman that haunts his drea...
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His Birthright
Yukio is illegal in the United States and is used by a gang of spies for their plans. Yukio must ste...
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The Courageous Coward
Sessue Hayakawa was making the transition from Asian villain to sympathetic hero in this picture. Th...
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The Typhoon
Tokoramo, a Japanese diplomat on a mission to Paris, begins a love affair with Helene, a chorus girl...
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The Call of the East
While visiting Alan, who works in Tokyo, she attends a festival with her Japanese maid while wearing...
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The Great Prince Shan
An assassinated Lord's daughter refuses to marry a Chinese prince but agrees to be his mistress....
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A Tokyo Siren
Dr. John Niblock is conducting research in Japan when he is called to revive Asuti Hishuri, who has ...
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The Breath of the Gods
While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets an...
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Bonds of Honor
In this picture, Sessue Hayakawa is in a dual role, playing twin brothers. One of them, Yamashiro is...
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Black Roses
Japanese architect Yoda is hired as groundskeeper for retired criminal Benson Burleigh....
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O Mimi san
A silent melodrama from the very first series of American films to use a Japanese cast. The scenes ...
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Sen Yan’s Devotion
A disguised servant of a dying Japanese prince saves articles of succession from a rival faction....
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A Heart in Pawn
Toyama wants to go to college in America but his alcoholic father won't supply the funds. He gets th...
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The Bravest Way
Tamura, a Japanese man working as a gardener in America, saves his money to marry his girlfriend, Ja...
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Night Life in Hollywood
A picture depicting the engrossing adventures of a small town youth in Hollywood and showing the int...
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Locked Lips
Upon returning home from school one day, Lotus Blossom, a Japanese orphan who lives on the island of...
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The Soul of Kura San
When his fiancée commits suicide after being used by an American artist, a Japanese art dealer seeks...
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Five Days to Live
Tai Leung, a young man who dreams of love and carves ivory images, falls in love with the pretty Kao...
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Alien Souls
A Japanese maiden is pursued by an unscrupulous American young man who falsely believes her to have ...
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The Curse of Iku
American sailor Allan Carroll, an American sailor, is shipwrecked of the coast of Japan in the 19th ...
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The Danger Line
While her husband is away on a secret mission, the Marquise Yorisaka is Americanized by Mrs. Hockey ...
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The Gray Horizon
The skill of colorful Japanese artist Yamo Masata attracts the attention of a clever counterfeiter w...
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