Tsuru Aoki
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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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.198 |
| Birthday | 1892-09-09 |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo, Empire of Japan [now Tokyo, Japan] |
| Also Known As | 青木鶴子, ツル・青木, |
1916
The Honorable Friend
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Makino works for Kayosho, a Japanese curio dealer in America. To reward Makino's dedication, Kayosho sends for Toki-ye, a picture bride. Upon arrival,...
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The Honorable Friend
1919
The Dragon Painter
6.3/19
A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.
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The Dragon Painter
1914
The Wrath of the Gods
6.2/11
An American sailor falls in love with a fisherman's daughter and convinces her that Jesus is more powerful than the gods who have cursed her.
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The Wrath of the Gods
1914
The Last of the Line
6.7/6
Sioux leader Chief Gray Otter sends his son Tiah to the white man's school so that he can become a great leader. The son returns home drunk, disappoin...
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The Last of the Line
1914
The Death Mask
2.5/1
A Native American warrior travels to a faraway tribe to find and defend a woman that haunts his dreams.
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The Death Mask
1918
His Birthright
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Yukio is illegal in the United States and is used by a gang of spies for their plans. Yukio must steal secret documents from an admiral. When he's sub...
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His Birthright
1919
The Courageous Coward
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Sessue Hayakawa was making the transition from Asian villain to sympathetic hero in this picture. The plot is a combination of racial stereotypes that...
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The Courageous Coward
1914
The Typhoon
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Tokoramo, a Japanese diplomat on a mission to Paris, begins a love affair with Helene, a chorus girl, who subsequently rejects her American fiancé, Ri...
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The Typhoon
1917
The Call of the East
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While visiting Alan, who works in Tokyo, she attends a festival with her Japanese maid while wearing a Japanese kimono. There she meets the wealthy Ar...
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The Call of the East
1924
The Great Prince Shan
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An assassinated Lord's daughter refuses to marry a Chinese prince but agrees to be his mistress.
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The Great Prince Shan
1923
The Battle
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The Battle
1920
The Breath of the Gods
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While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets and falls in love with Pierre Le Beau, a diplomatic...
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The Breath of the Gods
1920
A Tokyo Siren
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Dr. John Niblock is conducting research in Japan when he is called to revive Asuti Hishuri, who has fainted during her wedding ceremony. Upon learning...
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A Tokyo Siren
1919
Bonds of Honor
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In this picture, Sessue Hayakawa is in a dual role, playing twin brothers. One of them, Yamashiro is serious and hardworking, while the other, Sadao,...
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Bonds of Honor
1921
Black Roses
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Japanese architect Yoda is hired as groundskeeper for retired criminal Benson Burleigh.
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Black Roses
1914
O Mimi san
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A silent melodrama from the very first series of American films to use a Japanese cast. The scenes of the story are laid in Japan during the last rev...
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O Mimi san
1924
Sen Yan’s Devotion
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A disguised servant of a dying Japanese prince saves articles of succession from a rival faction.
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Sen Yan’s Devotion
1919
A Heart in Pawn
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Toyama wants to go to college in America but his alcoholic father won't supply the funds. He gets the money to go, however, from Sada, whom he has mar...
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A Heart in Pawn
1918
The Bravest Way
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Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa was one of the most popular leading men in American silent films-this despite the fact that orientals were traditionall...
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The Bravest Way
1922
Night Life in Hollywood
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A picture depicting the engrossing adventures of a small town youth in Hollywood and showing the intimate home life of some of the screen's greatest s...
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Night Life in Hollywood
1920
Locked Lips
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Upon returning home from school one day, Lotus Blossom, a Japanese orphan who lives on the island of Hilo in Hawaii and teaches at a native school, di...
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Locked Lips
1916
The Soul of Kura San
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When his fiancée commits suicide after being used by an American artist, a Japanese art dealer seeks to get vengeance by seducing the artist's wife.
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The Soul of Kura San
1917
Each to His Kind
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