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Apr 8, 2019 · The thirty-year acting career of the late Yuki Shimoda reflects the achievement and career disappointments that faced the minority actor. Only offered limited roles by the Hollywood establishment during certain points of his career, Shimoda persevered on for challenging dramatic roles, such as in the television movie, FAREWELL TO MANZANAR.
Biography. Though he played almost exclusively Asian--predominately Japanese--characters throughout more than 20 years in film and television acting, Yuki Shimoda was actually born in Sacramento. The first-generation American performed on Broadway over much of the 1950s, eventually taking his role in the hit comedy "Auntie Mame" to the big ...
Aug 7, 2018 · YUKI-SHIMODA: ASIAN AMERICAN ACTOR reflects back on the late Yuki Shimoda’s thirty-year acting career. A minority actor, he experienced a rollercoaster of ac...
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Yuki Shimoda was born on the 10th of August, 1921. He was known for being a TV Actor. Actor of stage and screen who starred in the NBC TV movie Farewell to Manzanar, and the Masterpiece Theater series, A Town Like Alice. Yuki Shimoda was born in California. He earned a degree in accounting from Northwestern University and taught a class in ...
Added: Jun 9, 2003. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7559803. Source citation. Actor. Best known for his role as 'Aki' in the television series, Johnny Midnight in 1960. He appeared in the films, A Town Like Alice (1981), The Octagon (1980), The Last Flight Of Noah's Ark (1980), The Immigrant's (1978), A Death In Canaan (1978), And The Soul Shall ...
Yuki Shimoda (1921–81) was one of the first Japanese American actors to attain mainstream success after World War II both on Broadway and in film and television roles. Born and raised in Sacramento, California, he and his family were incarcerated at Tule Lake during the war. Shimoda left camp during the resettlement period, choosing Chicago ...
Yuki Shimoda is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes The Octagon, Midway, The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, Auntie Mame, MacArthur, Once a Thief, A Town Like Alice, and A Majority of One.
