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Frank B. Tokunaga was a Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter who worked in Japan and Hollywood.[1]

Frank Tokunaga
Born
Frank B. Tokunaga

Japan
OccupationActor, director, screenwriter
Spouse(s)Komako Sunada

Biography



Career


Frank began his career in show business in 1912 while managing a troupe of Japanese acrobats for Barnum & Bailey, and later worked as an actor in Broadway productions.[2]

Frank then began working at Thomas H. Ince's motion picture studio in Santa Monica, before taking on roles for Louis B. Mayer and then joining Universal's stock company.[3] He did all sorts of work during the silent era, often serving as an interpreter and a location man.[4]

For a time, he returned to Japan, where he was a pioneering writer and director at Nikkatsu Studios.[2] Later on in his career, he'd return to the United States sporadically to work as a character actor in Hollywood films.


Personal life


Frank was married to Komako Sunada, an actress who was known as the Japanese answer to Mary Pickford in the press. (She was born in Japan but raised in Los Angeles.)[5][6] The pair collaborated on a pair of screenplays: 1925's Tôyô no Karumen and 1926's Zoku Tôyô no Karumen.


Selected filmography


As director:

As actor:


References


  1. Anderson, Joseph I.; Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1982). The Japanese Film: Art and Industry. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691007922.
  2. "Film Director Plays Farmer in Picture". The Gazette. 11 December 1956. Retrieved 9 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Tokunaga at Home in Hollywood". The Arizona Republic. 19 August 1956. Retrieved 10 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Motography. 1916.
  5. "Schoolgirl Wins Crown and Japan Director". The New York Daily News. 13 May 1927. Retrieved 10 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Japanese Movie Star Arrives". The Marion Star. 31 May 1927. Retrieved 9 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)



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