Yukio Aoyama

Yukio Aoyama, from a 1919 publication

Masajiro Kaihatsu, known professionally as Yukio Aoyama, was an actor and assistant director in the United States during the silent film era. He appeared in about 60 silent films and serials ^[1] after immigrating from Tokyo to appear in films. ^[2] His son Arthur Aoyama (Arthur Kaihatsu) was a child actor. ^[3] Aoyama was one of several Japanese actors in Hollywood ^[4] and he was involved with a theater production of the Japanese tragedy, Matsuo. ^[5]

Filmography

• Pidgin Island (1916)^{[ citation needed ]}
• The Bravest Way (1918)^{[ citation needed ]}
• A Japanese Nightingale (1918) ^[6]
• Thieves (1919) ^{[7] [8]}
• Who's Your Servant? (1920)^{[ citation needed ]}
• The Tiger Band (1920), a serial^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Herman, Masako (12 April 1974). The Japanese in America, 1843–1973: a chronology & fact book . Oceana Publications. ISBN   9780379005127 – via Internet Archive. Yukio Aoyama.
2. "Motography". 12 April 2019 – via Google Books.
3. Hollywood's Children: An Inside Account of the Child Star Era. Southern Methodist University Press. 12 April 1997. ISBN   9780870744242 – via Google Books.
4. Chandras, Kananur V. (1 June 1978). Racial discrimination against neither-white-nor-black American minorities: Native Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and East Indian Americans. R & E Research Associates. ISBN   9780882474977 – via Google Books.
5. "Hollywood". 12 April 2019. pp. 3, 27 – via Google Books.
6. Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943 – via Google Books.
7. Solomon, Aubrey (10 January 2014). The Fox Film Corporation, 1915–1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland. ISBN   9780786486106 – via Google Books.
8. "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News. 12 April 2019 – via Google Books.

External links

• IMDb entry