Person
Tsuru Aoki
Acting · 1892–1961 · Tokyo, Empire of Japan [now Tokyo, Japan]
Biography
From Wikipedia Tsuru Aoki (September 9, 1892 – October 18, 1961) was a popular Japanese stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top-billing in American motion pictures.
Known for
The Battle
La Marquise Yorisaka
His Birthright
Saki San
Locked Lips
Lotus Blossom
Alien Souls
Yuri Chan
A Heart in Pawn
Sada
The Gray Horizon
O Haru San
Sen Yan’s Devotion
Sen Yan's Wife
The Soul of Kura San
Kura-San
Five Days to Live
Ko Ai
A Tokyo Siren
Asuti Hishuri
Filmography
- 2002Decasia: The State of DecaySelf - Geisha (archive footage)
- 1924Sen Yan’s DevotionSen Yan's Wife
- 1924The Danger LineMarquise Yorisaka
- 1924The Great Prince ShanNita
- 1923The BattleLa Marquise Yorisaka
- 1922Night Life in HollywoodSelf
- 1922Five Days to LiveKo Ai
- 1921Black RosesBlossom (as Tsura Aoki)
- 1920The Breath of the GodsYuki Onda
- 1920A Tokyo SirenAsuti Hishuri
- 1920Locked LipsLotus Blossom
- 1919Bonds of HonorToku-ko (as Tsuri Aoki)
- 1919The Dragon PainterUme-Ko
- 1919The Gray HorizonO Haru San
- 1919The Courageous CowardRei Oaki
- 1919A Heart in PawnSada
- 1918His BirthrightSaki San
- 1918The Bravest WaySat-u
- 1918The Curse of IkuOmi San
- 1917The Call of the EastO'Mitsu, His Sister
- 1917Each to His KindPrincess Nada
- 1916The Soul of Kura SanKura-San
- 1916The Honorable FriendToki-Ye
- 1916Alien SoulsYuri Chan
- 1915The Chinatown MysteryWoo
- 1914The Last of the LineGirl at Riverside
- 1914The Typhoon
- 1914The Death MaskPrincess Nona
- 1914The Wrath of the GodsToya San
- 1914O Mimi sanO Mimi San
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