Yukio Aoyama Explained

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

External links

• IMDb entry

Notes and References

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