Acting
Miiko Taka
Born July 24, 1925 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Died January 4, 2023 · aged 97
Miiko Taka (July 24, 1925 - January 4, 2023) was an American actress.
Known For
The Power · 1968The Power
★ 6.31968
MovieScience FictionThriller
One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is on to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them.
The Art of Love · 1965The Art of Love
★ 5.51965
MovieComedy
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.
The Big Fix · 1978The Big Fix
★ 5.91978
MovieComedyThriller
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
Sayonara · 1957Sayonara
★ 6.71957
MovieDramaRomance
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily, a by-the-book officer, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man, Joe Kelly, falls in love with a Japanese woman, Katsumi, and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
The Challenge · 1982The Challenge
★ 5.91982
MovieActionDrama
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved with the samurai's daughter.
Lost Horizon · 1973Lost Horizon
★ 5.41973
MovieAdventureDrama
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.
Walk Don't Run · 1966Walk Don't Run
★ 6.51966
MovieComedyRomance
During the housing shortage of the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.
Hell to Eternity · 1960Hell to Eternity
★ 6.31960
MovieDramaWar
Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.
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