Acting
Shizuko Hoshi
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Known For
Memoirs of a Geisha · 2005Memoirs of a Geisha
★ 7.62005
MovieDramaRomance
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Dangerous Company · 1982Dangerous Company
★ 6.01982
MovieTV MovieCrime
The true story of Ray Johnson, a convict who spent most of his life in and out of prison until he finally decided to turn his life around.
M. Butterfly · 1993M. Butterfly
★ 6.61993
MovieRomanceDrama
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with opera singer Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Come See the Paradise · 1990Come See the Paradise
★ 6.31990
MovieDramaRomance
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
Baby Sister · 1983Baby Sister
★ 4.31983
MovieDramaRomance
Sultry college dropout Annie Burroughs moves in with her older sister Marsha and proceeds to break up the relationship between Marsha and her live-in boyfriend David Mitchell so Annie can begin a sensuous love affair and have David all for herself.
My Husband Is Missing · 1978My Husband Is Missing
★ 8.01978
MovieDramaTV Movie
A young wife journeys to North Vietnam in an effort to find her husband, an American flier reported missing in action, and is joined by a cynical Canadian correspondent on the trail of a human interest story.
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes · 1990Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
★ 6.31990
MovieTV MovieDrama
The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, American prisoners of war and others) and how they lived or tried to survive the effects felt during the aftermath of the Atomic Bomb dropping by the Enola Gay at Hiroshima, during World War II.
The Wash · 1988The Wash
★ 10.01988
MovieRomanceDrama
Mako is a neglectful husband. Not the most loving man. His wife gradually encounters a widower who is a kind, gentle figure. She eventually makes the transition to leave her husband and go to this fellow.
Movies
Memoirs of a Geisha · 2005Memoirs of a Geisha
★ 7.62005
MovieDramaRomance
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Dangerous Company · 1982Dangerous Company
★ 6.01982
MovieTV MovieCrime
The true story of Ray Johnson, a convict who spent most of his life in and out of prison until he finally decided to turn his life around.
M. Butterfly · 1993M. Butterfly
★ 6.61993
MovieRomanceDrama
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with opera singer Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Come See the Paradise · 1990Come See the Paradise
★ 6.31990
MovieDramaRomance
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
Baby Sister · 1983Baby Sister
★ 4.31983
MovieDramaRomance
Sultry college dropout Annie Burroughs moves in with her older sister Marsha and proceeds to break up the relationship between Marsha and her live-in boyfriend David Mitchell so Annie can begin a sensuous love affair and have David all for herself.
My Husband Is Missing · 1978My Husband Is Missing
★ 8.01978
MovieDramaTV Movie
A young wife journeys to North Vietnam in an effort to find her husband, an American flier reported missing in action, and is joined by a cynical Canadian correspondent on the trail of a human interest story.
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes · 1990Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
★ 6.31990
MovieTV MovieDrama
The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, American prisoners of war and others) and how they lived or tried to survive the effects felt during the aftermath of the Atomic Bomb dropping by the Enola Gay at Hiroshima, during World War II.
The Wash · 1988The Wash
★ 10.01988
MovieRomanceDrama
Mako is a neglectful husband. Not the most loving man. His wife gradually encounters a widower who is a kind, gentle figure. She eventually makes the transition to leave her husband and go to this fellow.
Sylvester · 1985Sylvester
★ 5.11985
MovieDramaFamily
Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an Olympic jumping champion.
The Last Ninja · 1983The Last Ninja
★ 3.61983
MovieTV MovieAction
A successful art dealer is sought out by law enforcement after terrorists take some scientists hostage. Finding no possible solution, a law enforcement agent approaches the dealer (Beck). Mr. Cosmo, the agent believes the dealer to be linked to the ninja responsible for tracking down criminals and serving them justice. Mr. Cosmo hopes that the ninja's seemingly supernatural skills will remedy this impossible hostage situation.
Visas and Virtue · 1997Visas and Virtue
★ 6.61997
MovieDramaHistory
Europe, 1940. For thousands of Jews, a Japanese diplomat and his wife defy Tokyo and the Nazis, and offer visas, for life.
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner · 1980Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
1980
MovieDrama
The film looks back at the life of a man named Oda and other Japanese Americans through the decades as they face great challenges and joys living in the United States.
Wataridori: Birds of Passage · 1976Wataridori: Birds of Passage
★ 9.01976
Movie
This important tribute to the issei (first generation Japanese Americans) integrates the stories of three people who describe a collective history through their personal memories.
Charlotte Sometimes · 2002Charlotte Sometimes
★ 4.52002
MovieDramaRomance
Michael, a young mechanic, is forced to choose between a daring tryst with an alluring stranger and the habitual comfort of his bittersweet obsession: his beautiful young roommate.
TV Shows
M*A*S*H · 1972M*A*S*H
★ 7.91972
SeriesDrama
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
Chicago Hope · 1994Chicago Hope
★ 7.21994
SeriesDrama
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
Quincy, M.E. · 1976Quincy, M.E.
★ 7.51976
SeriesCrimeDrama
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
The Six Million Dollar Man · 1974The Six Million Dollar Man
★ 7.31974
SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.
American Playhouse · 1982American Playhouse
★ 6.61982
SeriesDramaComedy
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
Starsky & Hutch · 1975Starsky & Hutch
★ 7.31975
SeriesDrama
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
The Bob Newhart Show · 1972The Bob Newhart Show
★ 7.51972
SeriesComedy
The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.