Yuki Shimoda
Born	Yukio Shimoda August 10, 1921(1921-08-10) Sacramento, California
Died	May 21, 1981 (aged 59) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor, Dancer
Years active	1953 - 1981

Yuki Shimoda (August 10, 1921 - May 21, 1981) was an American actor best known for his starring role as Ko Wakatsuki in the NBC movie of the week, "Farewell to Manzanar" in 1976. He also co-starred in a 1960s television series, "Johnny Midnight" (39 episodes), with Edmond O'Brien. He was a star of the silver screen, early television and the stage. His Broadway theater stage credits include "Auntie Mame" with Rosalind Russell, nominated for eight Tony Awards and winner of three Tonys, and "Pacific Overtures", a Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical directed by Harold Prince nominated for ten Tony Awards. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 472 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,226 × 1,557 pixels, file size: 136 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Sacramento redirects here. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... This article is about the television network. ... Cover of the 1983 edition Farewell to Manzanar is a memoir published in 1972 by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. ... Edmond OBrien (September 10, 1915–May 9, 1985) was an American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A.. Born in New York, New York, OBrien made his film debut in 1938, and gradually built a career as a highly regarded supporting... The term silver screen derives from the type of projection screen used at the start of the motion picture industry and specifically refers to the actual silver (Ag) content embedded in the material (a tightly woven fabric, either natural, such as silk, or a synthetic fiber) that made up the... Note on spelling: While most Americans use er (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use re. ... Broadway poster Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased fathers eccentric sister. ... Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was a four-time Academy Award nominated and Tony Award winning American film and stage actress, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... Pacific Overtures was an ambitious 1976 musical by Stephen Sondheim, with a libretto by John Weidman, and additional material by Hugh Wheeler, set in 1853 Japan. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (b. ... Hal Prince (born January 30, 1928), full name Harold Smith Prince, is a theatre producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical (and less notably, dramatic) productions of the past half-century. ...

Early life

Yuki Shimoda was born Yukio Shimoda in Sacramento, California on August 10, 1921. Sacramento is a Spanish- and Portuguese-language word meaning sacrament; it is a common toponym in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken. ... This article is about the U.S state. ...

His father was Chojiro Shimoda, who emigrated from the town of Shimoda in Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. Chojiro left Japan in his early teens, because he did not want to be a sweet potato farmer on the family farm and was tired of eating sweet potatoes everyday. Shimoda's mother was Kikuyo (Nakamura) Shimoda, also from the Kumamoto prefecture. Kikuyo, which means chrysanthemum, was born to an influential and wealthy, noble samurai family whose father was a doctor. She left Japan so that she could have freedom as a modern, Asian American woman in America, and to marry for love rather than marry by arrangement, omiai. Shimoda was the oldest of three children. His two younger brothers were Noboru "Dave" Shimoda, who lived to the age of 82, and James Shimoda, who died as a child of a bacterial infection before the age of antibiotics. Shimoda always had an interest in dancing and acting. As a child he insisted on being called Fred, because he wanted to be like Fred Astaire. In Sacramento, he worked in the family businesses, which included a restaurant, pool hall and boarding house. His parents' restaurant employed a Filipino cook and friend named Felix, who was killed in World War II by the Japanese. This hardened his intense feelings of being an American. His parents were hard working, and affluent even during the Great Depression, and Shimoda's father, Chojiro, owned a Cadillac limousine that he bought from the Japanese government in a time when many people still owned horses. As a child Shimoda enjoyed being taken on aimless rides with the family in that big car. Shimoda worked hard in his adolescence to help his parents, but he made time to dance and act. His intense drive and determination helped him overcome what he lacked in natural ability. Once in a sewing class in high school, he clumsily sewed his finger with a sewing machine. He studied ballet, as well as kendo, the Japanese art of fencing, and judo which helped him become more graceful. Shimoda also did ballroom dancing with several women dance partners. Shimoda is the name of several places or a character. ... Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県; Kumamoto-ken) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Binomial name (L.) Lam. ... For other uses, see Samurai (disambiguation). ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Phyla Actinobacteria Aquificae Chlamydiae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Lentisphaerae Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Verrucomicrobia Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are unicellular microorganisms. ... An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. ... An antibiotic is a drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. ... Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska,[1] was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... A pool halll is a place where people get together for playing pool, snooker or billiards. ... Boarding House is a privately owned house,in which individuals or families on vaccation, holidays, deputition,transfered on temporary duties, on some particular training,short&mediun tenure visitors,working professionals & lodgers,rent one or more rooms sets for one or more nights,sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Cadillac (disambiguation). ... For the song from the band: Brand New, see Limousine (MS Rebridge). ... Sewn redirects here. ... For other uses, see Ballet (disambiguation). ... Kendo ), or way of the sword, is the martial art of Japanese fencing. ... This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur). ... This article is about the martial art and sport. ...

Shimoda attended high school at C. K. McClatchy High School (Sacramento). Studying an American curriculum by day, Shimoda filled his after-school evenings and Saturdays attending Japanese language school. Yuki and Noboru were also Boy Scouts. Shimoda's studies at Sacramento Junior College, now know as Sacramento City College, were interrupted by the relocation.

Shimoda, a Nisei (a second generation American of Japanese ancestry), along with over 100,000 other Japanese American Issei, Nisei, Kibei Nisei and Sansei were relocated to one of ten Japanese American internment camps after the entry of the United States into World War II when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 into law. Some Sansei or third generation Americans of Japanese ancestry were also born in the Relocation Centers. His parents, Issei, or first generation immigrants to America from Japan were also incarcerated without a trial and for no just cause. A Kibei Nisei is a Nisei, who was sent back to Japan as a child for education. Shimoda was educated in the United States in an American grammar school and an American high school during the day, and in Japanese language school on weekdays after regular school and on Saturday. Shimoda and Noboru were also Boy Scouts. Shimoda's studies at Sacramento Junior College, now known as Sacramento City College, were interrupted by the relocation. He spent the duration of World War II in the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in northern California. These "relocation centers" amounted to American style concentration camps with barbed wire, barracks and machine-gun turrets pointed toward the internees. Unlike the belief of some people still free outside the barbed wire, Japanese Americans were not put in concentration camps for their own protection. Besides attrition from natural causes, internee mortality resulted from soldiers shooting internees, and poor medical care. Shimoda made the best of this time of incarceration by entertaining his fellow internees with his acting, dancing and singing abilities. Once he dressed like Carmen Miranda complete with fruit on his head to dance and sing to the delight of the camp audience. Seeing his parents lose all their hard-earned possessions and being incarcerated in a concentration camp was particularly hard for a Nisei like Shimoda, because he had been raised as an American. Nisei (二世 lit. ... Serving from 1999 to 2003, Army General Eric Shinseki of Hawaii became the first Asian American military chief of staff. ... The Issei Japanese (一世 lit. ... Nisei (二世 lit. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... The Sansei Japanese Americans (三世 lit. ... The ten internment camps and further institutions of the War relocation authority in the western United States. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... Sign posted notifying people of Japanese descent to report to for relocation. ... The Sansei Japanese Americans (三世 lit. ... Not to be confused with the Javanese language. ... It has been suggested that Camp Oljato be merged into this article or section. ... Sacramento City College (SCC) is a two-year community college located in Sacramento, California, USA (). SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had enrollment of 21,729 for the Fall 2004 semester. ... Tule Lake War Relocation Center was an internment camp in northern California near Tule Lake used in the Japanese-American internment during World War II. It was one of the largest and most notorious of the camps, and did not close until after the war, in 1946. ... A . ... It has been suggested that Internment be merged into this article or section. ... Carmen Miranda, pron. ...

Shimoda and his brother, Noboru, even tried to volunteer for the United States Army after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by going to the local recruiting office. The recruiting officer laughed them out of the office by calling them the enemy. Shimoda was eventually classified 4F or ineligible for the draft due to a congenital heart murmur. As a child his parents were told that he would not live to adulthood due to his bad heart. His brother, Noboru, went on to volunteer and serve with the regular United States Army at the end of World War II during the occupation of Japan after his release from the Tule Lake War Relocation Center, and later fought in the Korean War earning the rank of Master Sergeant. Noboru served with the United States Army Military Intelligence, the Office of Strategic Services or the O.S.S. the predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency or C.I.A. for the Allied Interpretation and Translation Service of the United States Army or ATIS; the United States Army Signal Corps; and the Military Police. Noboru was honorably discharged in 1952 and brought his Japanese war bride, wife, Chieko Furusawa, of Yokohama, back to Chicago, Illinois to become a naturalized American citizen. Noboru picked Chicago, because Shimoda and his parents lived there for awhile after being released from Tule Lake. Shimoda left the concentration camp alone and was one of the first to leave "camp". Evacuees were not allowed to go back to the west coast at first and Shimoda was informed by officials at Tule Lake that Chicago was receptive to Japanese American resettlers, because Irish American politicians there being victims of discrimination themselves understood the predicament of the evacuees. Many Irish Americans entered into American politics, because the British government would not help the Irish people during the Great Hunger. List of Irish American politicians Shimoda lived in Chicago for several years and graduated with a degree in accounting from Northwestern University. He worked at the University of Chicago and taught a class in the Japanese language. He also studied improvisational acting with the Compass Players, who sprung from the University of Chicago, a precursor of the Second City. He spent many hours at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago, then known as the Uptown Buddhist Church, with his friend, the Reverend Gyomay Kubose, discussing life and his purpose on this earth. He felt his purpose was to hone his acting skills on a daily basis so that his next performance would be the best he could deliver. Like Shimoda learned in the Boy Scouts, he wanted to always "Be Prepared". He felt that by giving his all to what he believed in, which was changing the world for the better through his acting profession, he was not just spinning his wheels here on earth. Many Asian American actors considered him to be an actor's actor. Shimoda never married and did not have any children, but the family name is carried on through his brother, Noboru's only son, Thomas Edward Shimoda, B.S. with honor (Loyola University of Chicago), B.S.D. (University of Illinois), D.D.S. (University of Illinois), J.D. 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Career

Shimoda's movie credits from the 1960s and 1970's range from B movies as "Seven Women from Hell" with Caesar Romero and Yvonne Craig (Batgirl) to A movies as "Midway" with Charlton Heston, Eddie Albert, Henry Fonda, James Colburn, Glenn Ford, Toshirō Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, James Shigeta and Noriyuki Pat Morita. He also was in the martial arts movie "The Octagon" with Chuck Norris. In the Disney movie "The Last Flight of Noah's Ark" with Elliot Gould and Ricky Schroeder, Shimoda's character was one of two Japanese soldiers on a deserted Pacific island decades after the end of World War II, who do not know the war is over. Walt Disney Pictures allowed more character development of the Japanese soldiers to not only entertain the audience, but to show how the Japanese soldiers and the Americans could work together to get off the island. Shimoda enjoyed meaty roles like this that not only entertained but educated the audience to project a positive message. Shimoda's favorite movie, "Farewell to Manzanar" was later bought by Walt Disney Pictures to televise on the Disney Channel. "Farewell to Manzanar" was a National Broadcasting Company, NBC, television movie that stars an all Japanese American cast and presents the story of the relocation of Japanese Americans into American style concentration camps. Both "Farewell to Manzanar" and "The Last Flight of Noah's Ark" are similar, because they present Japanese and Japanese Americans as real people that we get to know as the movie progresses. Shimoda also acted in "MacArthur" with Gregory Peck and in "The Horizontal Lieutenant" with Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jim Backus and Miyoshi Umeki. Miyoshi Umeki was the first Asian American actress to win an Academy Award Oscar in the film Sayonara, and she played Mrs. Livingston in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" with Bill Bixby. 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Shimoda had numerous television credits as the miniseries "A Town Like Alice" that was broadcast internationally and broadcast in the United States on the Public Broadcasting System's (PBS) "Masterpiece Theater". "A Town Like Alice" was the first non-British production to air in the United States on the "Masterpiece Theater". In the television miniseries, "The Immigrants" Shimoda played the part of a Chinese American immigrant Feng Wo. He guest starred on popular television shows of the sixties and seventies as "Adventures in Paradise", "The Big Valley", "Hawaiian Eye", "The Andy Griffith Show", "McHale's Navy", "Mr. Ed", "Peter Gunn", "Love American Style", "Wonder Woman", "Hawaii Five-O", "Sanford and Son", "M.A.S.H." and "Quincy, M.E.". On "Quincy, M.E.", Shimoda starred as Dr. Hiro, a forensic medical examiner in an episode, "Has Anybody Here Seen Quincy?" that did not include star, Jack Klugman. Shimoda was considered for a spin-off of "Quincy, M.E.", where he would be a coroner like Thomas Noguchi, M.D. the Los Angeles County coroner to many newsworthy deaths. A Town Like Alice (U.S. title: The Legacy) is a novel by the English author Nevil Shute. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theater and earlier Mobil Masterpiece Theater) is the title of a long-running television series that premiered on PBS on January 10, 1971 and is produced by WGBH. The show has allowed a large number of award-winning television miniseries and made-for... A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... Jack Klugman (b. ... Thomas T. Noguchi, born in 1926 in Japan, was the Chief Medical Examiner / Coroner for the County of Los Angeles from 1967 to 1982. ... Map of California showing Los Angeles County. ...

Shimoda also filled in his time between engagements with television commercial work, such as the Chrysler television commercial of the 1970s where Mr. T (Toyota) and Mr. D (Datsun - Nissan) admire a Dodge Colt and say, "Very nice, Mr. D, I thought it was one of yours, Mr. T." There were also movie roles that got away. Shimoda got the lead role as Inuk in the movie "The Savage Innocents", but was replaced by the Mexican American actor, Anthony Quinn. At the time, Shimoda was told that the reason he was fired as the leading man in "The Savage Innocents" was because he was not realistic in the part of an Eskimo, and that the part must be played by an Eskimo, but the discrimination that he fought against during his career was more likely the reason. It was too great a financial risk to have a Japanese American male actor take the lead role in the 1961 movie. World War II was too fresh in many people's minds and many people still did not differentiate the difference between the former Japanese enemy and patriotic American citizens of Japanese ancestry. The United States of America was not yet ready for another Sessue Hayakawa, a Hollywood leading man of silent films from 1914 into the talking movie era of the 1920s and the 1930s. Sessue Hayakawa turned down the movie, "The Sheik", which launched Rudolf Valentino's career. Shimoda like Sessue Hayakawa later in his career took roles as the Japanese enemy. Shimoda preferred to act as the honorable Japanese soldier or sailor like Dr. Matsumo in "Seven Women from Hell". Dr. Matsumo helped the seven American women escape from a Japanese prison camp, but was shot in the back by the bad Japanese soldiers and fell face forward into the mud at the end of the movie. Shimoda played the schlock Japanese villain roles too, but was happy to be choosier later in his career and avoid stereotypical roles; for roles that portrayed the Japanese people and Asian people as humans with human frailities and human strengths. Toyota Motor Corporation ) (pronounced [to-yo-ta]) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and currently is the worlds largest automaker. ... Nissan Motor Co. ... The ethnonym Mexican-American describes United States citizens of Mexican ancestry (14 million in 2003) and Mexican citizens who reside in the US (10 million in 2003). ... For other people named Anthony Quinn see Anthony Quinn (disambiguation) Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican/American actor, as well as a painter and writer. ... For other uses, see Eskimo (disambiguation). ... Sessue Hayakawa (早川雪洲 Hayakawa Sessue, June 10, 1889 - November 23, 1973) was a Japanese actor in American films, including two in the U.S. National Film Registry: The Cheat in 1915 The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting... ... The Sheik was a 1921 silent movie produced by Paramount, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres and Adolphe Menjou. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 - August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Languages Japanese Religions Shinto, Buddhism, large secular groups      The Japanese people ) is the ethnic group that identifies as Japanese by culture or ancestry, or both. ... Asian people[1] is a demonym for people from Asia. ...

Shimoda's Broadway career started when he moved to New York from Chicago to get more roles as an actor and dancer on stage. At first he worked as a waiter during the day and as a dancer at night. He found it difficult to find continual work as a dancer. He did find a job coaching caucasian actors to act as more realistic "orientals" in the 1950s, but ultimately was hired as one of the first Asian American actors on Broadway. From 1953 to 1956, Shimoda acted in the "Teahouse of the August Moon". Shimoda got his big break when he landed the part of Ito in the Broadway hit "Auntie Mame". From 1956 to 1958 he stared opposite Rosalind Russell. After the play finished on Broadway, he moved to Los Angeles to do the 1958 Hollywood movie version to recreate his starring role. His income from his acting career plus the knowledge he gained from an accounting degree he earned from Northwestern University allowed him to live a comfortable lifestyle. Some joked that Shimoda, being Japanese, probably had a caucasian gardener, when many in southern California had a Japanese gardener, but in actuality he enjoyed working in his own garden. Others say that he was short-tempered, because of his frustration at not becoming a household name. He finally felt he made it when his name was on a "TV Guide" cross-word puzzle. In fact, he was an out-going, kind person with many friends both in the Business, and many friends not in the Hollywood crowd. If you were his friend, you were his friend for life. He was also a dog lover, who enjoyed driving his favorite dog, a collie named Saigon, in his convertible 1962 British Sunbeam Alpine sportscar made by the Sunbeam Car Company with his Steve McQueen sunglasses around the Hollywood Hills. He devoted his free time to help young actors in the East West Players, a Los Angeles based Asian American theatre group, and in turn East West Players helped him to hone his own skills. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... This article is about the state. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... The term the Orient - literally meaning sunrise, east - is traditionally used to refer to Near, Middle, and Far Eastern countries. ... This article is about 1953 play. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... It has been suggested that Accounting scholarship be merged into this article or section. ... This view from the Symbolic Mountain Lookout in Cowra, NSW shows many of the typical elements of a Japanese garden Stone lantern amid plants. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ... Sunbeam was a marque registered by John Marston Co. ... For other uses, see Steve McQueen (disambiguation). ... The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to Pacific Coast... Category: ... // Asian American theatre emerged in the 1960s and the 1970s with the foundation of four theatre companies: East West Players in Los Angeles, Asian American Theatre Workshop (later renamed Asian American Theatre Company) in San Francisco, Theatrical Ensemble of Asians (later renamed Northwest Asian American Theatre) in Seattle, and Pan...

Death

Yuki Shimoda's ashes were originally in the Little Tokyo district, J-Town, of Los Angeles at the Nishihongwanji Buddhist Temple, but have since been moved to Sacramento, California; so, he could rest together with his family Chojiro, Kikuyo, Noboru and James in their hometown. He died in Los Angeles of colon cancer that metastasized to his liver on May 21, 1981. He quit smoking cigarettes, and quit the social drinking of alcohol in his later years. A thirty minute documentary film of his life was made and released in 1985 by Visual Communications (VC) of Los Angeles entitled Yuki Shimoda: Asian American Actor. It includes clips of an interview with him before his passing. He died at the age of fifty-nine. Japantown is a common name for Japanese-American or Japanese-Canadian communities in big cities. ... Japantown in San Francisco For historical Japanese communities in early modern Southeast and East Asia, see Nihonmachi. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Diagram of the stomach, colon, and rectum Colorectal cancer includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. ... Metastasis (Greek: change of the state) is the spread of cancer from its primary site to other places in the body. ... Visual Communications (Southern California Asian American Studies Central Inc. ...

Broadway stage credits

• Teahouse of the August Moon, Martin Beck Theatre, (1953-1956), ...as Mr. Keora / choreographer
• Auntie Mame, Broadhurst Theatre, (1956-1958), ...as Ito
• Pacific Overtures, Winter Garden Theatre, (1975-1976), ...as Abe, First Councillor

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Filmography

• Auntie Mame (1958) ...as Ito
• Career (1959) ...as Yosho
• Don't Give Up the Ship (1959) ...as Japanese Colonel (uncredited)
• Seven Women from Hell (1961) ...as Dr. Matsumo
• A Majority of One (1961) ...as Mr. Asano's Secretary
• The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) ...as Kobayashi
• Once a Thief (1965) ...as John Ling, Chinese Funeral Director
• Girls Are for Loving (1973) ...as Ambassador Hahn
• Midway (1976) ...as Japanese Navel officer on Hiryu
• MacArthur (1976) ...as Prime Minister Shidahara
• The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980) ...as Hiro
• The Octagon (1980) ...as Katsumo, Seikura's aide
• Yuki Shimoda: Asian American Actor (1985) ...as Himself

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Television credits

TV movies and mini-series

• The Impatient Heart (TV movie) (1971) ...as
• Farewell to Manzanar (TV movie) (1976) ...as Ko Wakatsuki
• The Immigrants (TV movie) (1978) ...as Feng Wo
• And the Soul Shall Dance (TV movie) (1978) ...as Oka
• A Death in Canaan (TV movie) (1978) ...as Dr Samura
• A Town Like Alice (TV mini-series) (1981) ...as Sgt Mifune

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TV series

• Adventures in Paradise
• Alcoa Premiere
• Baa Baa Black Sheep
• CHiPs
• Follow the Sun
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• Hallmark Hall of Fame
• Hawaiian Eye
• Here We Go Again
• Ironside
• I Spy
• It Takes a Thief
• Johnny Midnight
• Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders
• Kate Loves a Mystery
• Kojak
• Kung Fu
• Love American Style
• M*A*S*H
• McHale's Navy
• Mister Ed
• Mrs. Colombo
• Peter Gunn
• Police Woman
• Quincy, M.E.
• Salvage 1
• Sanford and Son
• The Andy Griffith Show
• The Big Valley
• The Blue Angels
• The Case of the Dangerous Robin
• The Magician
• The Tab Hunter Show
• Thriller
• Wonder Woman

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See also

• List of Japanese Americans

The following is a list of famous Japanese Americans who have made significant contributions to the United States, or have appeared in the news numerous times: // Keiko Agena, actress (Gilmore Girls TV series) Toshiko Akiyoshi, musician, jazz Devon Aoki, model and actress Tsuru Aoki (1892 - 1961), Issei, actress Gregg Araki...

External links

• http://www.thrillingdetective.com/midnight.html
• Yuki Shimoda at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved on 2008-02-05
• http://www.vconline.org
• http://www.eastwestplayers.org
• http://www.tv.com/yuki-shimoda/person/39518/summary.html
• Yuki Shimoda at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-05
• Yuki imitating Carmen Miranda's Mama Yo Quiero while incarcerated in 1942 http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft2t1nb12j/
• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3067/yjc016.jpg Photograph "Seven Women from Hell"
• http://www.homeofheros.com/wallofhonor/nisei/index.html Japanese American Nisei Go for Broke Soldiers