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IcommentI T The Nisei becomes a Senior Citizen
By Vic Ogura



|Let's preserve |

I

J.C. history, ■
says Hoshi ko |
By M i ke Hoshiko

I feel that the time 'hascome to do something about
preserving the history of the
pre-WWII J.G. I know that "a
lot of things are goi ng to get
lost and especially the early
memories of days < before
evacuation. I would like to
encourage oral history faking
by individual families, iden­
tification of people in old
photographs, collecting infor­
mation about the location of
'documents etc.

: The ‘‘law of diminishing returns” is an economic phrase
referring to that state in-any enterprise where the further
infusion of effort (be it in-the form of money, muscle, time)
does not and will not increase the return on investment. _
Simply put, a farmer with 100 acres by investing in ferti­
lizer, labour, and modern technology, can through efficient
management obtain a goocTreturn ;on his investment. But
there"comes a plateau (let' s call it saturation) where his rate of return begins to diminish, and thus the term “diminishing return” : . ...
Now let ' s try applying this law of diminishing return to
other areas. Dr. James J. Lynch is the scientific director of
- the psyphophysiological clinic and laboratories at the Uni-

versify of Maryland School of Medicine In
.n Baltimore.
Baltimc
“The idea of increased longevity is largely^ a myth;
says Dr. Lynch, “people are not generally livingJonger.
There is just more people getting old. 80% of the increase
in life expectancy in the U.S. is due to the elimination of
widespread infant mortality.”
< .
Until recently, we hopefully presumed that with the
advancement of technology, and with more physicians and
facilities, assurance of an increase in life span was automafic.

v _



.
Now, however, there is increasing evidence that we have
reached a point of diminishing returns in reference to life
expectancy.
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Continued on page 2

An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
VOL. 46 — NO. 11

FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1982

For example I know there
are people with large photo
col lections,^copies of letters,
telegrams, briefs qtc. that
were sent to the, Govt.

TORONTO, ONT.

Creating bad image
Shosha is rebuked

I think that there should be
a central spot where people
can get such information and
since no one is doing any;
thing about it, I am going to
start a non profit organization
to do this.

TOKYO — The year's first in which their representatives
Japanese cabinet meeting are working.
In addition, the spokesman,
saw various cabinet minis­
ters express their frustration who was not identified, said
over trade friction; and they businessmen abroad- are
placed much of the blame for “working hard and enjoying
the bad i mage of this nation less” than their colleagues in .
overseas^ on Japanese busi­ Japan due to “far' greater
I have access to a comput­
hardships.”
nessmen working abroad.
er and will put this informa­
‘‘They do dri nk ahd g6 merFinance Mini ster; Michio
tion in it so that we can have
Watanabe opened the attack ry-making, but they mostly do
information retrieval of the
saying that, while the govern- so to entertain local business
location of such material.
ment was making desperate partners to help promote their
efforts to ease trade frictions, business activities, he said.
No one would be required
Japanese businessmen abroad.
He also denied the charge
LOS ANGELES — Self-styled historian, Lillian Baker (left) particularly those represent­ that trading firms refuse to
to give up material; only let
people know that they have it. indulges in a bit of shoving with the President of the famed ing trading companies were contribute to local churches
and other organizations, and
If they want to they could turn TOOth and 442nd “Go For Broke” Battalion Veterans' Assoc.
not cooperative”.
it over to the National Archives Jim Kawaminami (right). This altercation occurred during last
Watanabe went as far as to said that “all of us know that
or some Library like UBC. We year's Los Angeles hearings of Commission on Wartime charge that the shosha were we must get along with the
need to know what UBC is Relocation and Internment of Civilians. For years, Baker has “Shngy” and said that most local community in order to
holding too. Anyway, I would been a foe of Japanese American movements that have brought refused to make contributions do business in that country.”
like to organize the Japanese attention to the public of the U.S. concentration camps. Now, jo local churches and other
Canadian Historical Society.
Baker seems ready to cash in on her “infamy” by writing a book. gr0ljpSj while going out drink­
ing night after night.
“We must give serious
I think a lot of Nisei and
Lillian Baker writes her
Sansei are going to feel very
• thought to this,” he was
book
on
the
Nikkei
camps
quoted as saying by sources
sad that they don't have a
has
written
a
book
GARDENA,
Calif.
-_
The
who attended the conference.
tape recording of their parents
talking about themselves after woman who has campaigned
Writer and self-styled hisWatanabe was joined by
against
the
use
of
the
term
many of the 20 m i n isters preit's too late.
torian Lillian Baker's recently
concentration
camp
in
de
­
Mont. Bulletin
sent at the meeting including
published book, “The Con­
scribing the World War II
Toshio Komoto, director gen­
centration
Gamp
Conspiracy:
detention centers for Japan­
eral Of the Economic Planning
A
Second
Pearl
Harbour,

ese Americans and who has
Police Morality
Agency, who said the govern- .
been one of the most vehe­ according to publicity re­ ment should consider remind­
Squad Busts
ment opponents of redress leases is 350 pages long and ing the trading companies of
Fan Tan Game
for Japanese Americans who contains many “secret and the code of behavior for Jap­
were interned in such camps confidential documents.”
anese businessmen, drawn
‘ TORONTO — Metro Police
up by the government when
morality squad has arrested a
MONTEREY, Calif. — Sen­
the conduct of the firms's
VERNON
Kawaguchi said the write
dozen men and seized nearly
VERNON, B:C.
B:C. —
— The
The numnum­
-employees drew strong criti­ ator S.l. Hayakawa, troubled
offs have increased greatly
$2,500 during a raid on an al­ ber of damaged cars being
because it' s cheaper for ICBC cism from the public several by a shortage of money and
leged Chinatown gambling Written off by the Insurance
slipping popularity, has with­
years ago.
joint, reported The Toronto Corporation of B.C. has in­ to replace rather than repair
Finally, Prime Minister Zen- drawn from the field of eight
creased dramatically since
many damaged vehicles.
Sun.
ko Suzuki joined in the attack contestants for the Republic­
He
said
parts
prices
are
the
Jan. 1 in part because of the
an senatorial nomination in
main reason for the develop­ on the shosha admonishing
Nick Nozuye, 61, of Massey new, higher rates the corpora­
the businessmen abroad to California.
ment, noting that some have
St.; Ying Tom Mah, 49, of Vic­ tion pays autobody -shops,
Hayakawa, 75, considered
gone up 500 percentin only “behave themselves so as
tor Ave.; Wah Soon Eng, 51, of the owner of a Vernon auto­
not to cause spiritual friction”. a weak candidate, has had to
two years.
Cecil St; and Kwong Leung body shop says.
A spokesman of a major cut back steadily oh his staff.
And Kawaguchi blames
Mah, 61, of Bain Ave., were
Frank Kawaguchi said in­ hew fuel-efficient, front-wheel trading house in Tokyo took Many of the other candidates
charged with keeping a com­
such as Maureen Reagan,
drive cars-most of which exception to the charges and
mon gaming house and keep­ creased labor and material
said that Japanese trading daughter of the president,
ing a common betting house. costs combined with drastic are built with unibody conprice jumps for parts are also * struction and are much more firms are importing as_much San Diego Mayor Pete Wil­
Eight others were charged helping price auto body shops expensive to repair than stan­ as they are exporting, thus son, and state Senator John
contributing to the countries . Schmitz have large bankrolls.
out of the market.
as found-ins.
dard chassis construction.

For This The Nisei Went To War?

Lack of cash
forces senator
out of election

Damaged car write-offs on rise

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Ojii-san ...

(Continued from page 1).

In short: in the advanced
nations, longevity is increasing ly in the hands of the individual. and the name of the
game today is prevention
rather than cure.
If we accept therefore, that
the human cell has the cap­
acity of limited rejuvenation,
then Norman Cousin's state­
ment that “the tragedy of life
is not death but what dies
^ inside us while we live.” be­
comes a valid challenge.
In our Western society of
“Me first” and “the end will
justify the means” it may be
difficult to adjust bur life
- style. From a society where
marriage was sanctified and
family life and friends were
revered, we are today headed
towards a society where words
such as liberated, individual­
istic, single, divorced, take on

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Friday, February 12, 1982

CANADIAN

From tennis to cars,
Japan buys at home

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cation. Unfort u nateI y what the
Second Class Maili No. 0366
latter leads to in the end is
1 A member of Ethnic Press
Association of Ontario
loneliness, and as professor
TOKYO — To sell a bar of by a small British company
and
Canada'Federation
Lynch states,; “Isolation and
because
law
requires
its
agent
soap in Japan, a foreign pro­
Publisher & Japanese Editor
the lack of companionship are
in
Japan
to
have
a
universityKenzo Mori
ducer must have a full-time
the greatest unrecognized
English
Editor
x
pharmacist 'in its Japan of- trained engineer or architect
contributors to premature
Kei Tsumura
■ fice. Dental gold importers on staff.
death in the U.S. today.”
Published on Tuesdays and
• Pharmaceutical makers,
A word of encouragement: must prove no company dir­
. Fridays '? <
ector is a drug addict. Testing besides facing lengthy tests
Canada tied with Switzerland
479 Queen Street West
of imported autos adds thou­ on items already accepted by
Toronto,xOnt. M5V2A9
as the 7th best country in
sand of dollars-to their cost. U.S. and international agen­
which to live, says a non-profit
PHONE 366-5005
These are but a few of the cies, at times must submit
population study group vjith
many regulations that foreign health certificates for every
the heading’ “The Physical
employee in the company.
Quality of Life Index.” First businessmen say contribute
• Japanese auto inspectsignificantly to a growing
was Sweden, then Denmark,
trade imbalance in Japan's ors are so strict that defects
Iceland, Japan, the Nether­
favor. In official jargon, they are found about 80 percent of
lands and Norway.
are called non-tariff barriers, the time, resulting in long
So, stop smoking, control
or NTBs.

waits for retesting. “We're at
your diet, smile, and don't
NTBs encompass such a real disadvantage in market­
worry about the things you
can't do anything about, cor­ things as quotas on meat ing7 new models because of
and citrus, stringent customs the time factor,” said Kunihiko
rect and sustain those you
examinations and approval Ono of the Japan Auto Import­
can.
standards, officially backed ers Association
“buy-Japan” policies and
The, long approval process
impenetrable distribution (up to two months) and failure
systems.
of foreign makers to adjust to
Foreign trade officials say, Japan's market cause retail
Japan; must open its doors prices to increase. The result
I imited
more to foreign products. The can be a doubling of some
MOST POPULAR “SAKURA” BRAND RICE
40 Melford Drive, Unit 1
Japanese say outsiders just domestic prices. Ono said a
. Open Sunday — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Scarborough,Ontario
have riot tried hard enough to Buick Century, a popular im
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In early December, a U.S. inspection.
PARKING LOT (SOUTH OF LICHEE GARDENS)
trade mission told the Japan­
In 1981, Japan will export
ese that NTBs must be re­ about six million vehicles and
moved “quickly to avoid a import 38,000.
political reaction in the United
Some experts, attribute Ja­
States.”
pan' s attitude toward imports
The United States has no to its long feudal history,
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LADIES 2 and up
$18-billion trade deficit with with foreigners was banned, I
MEDIUM AND WIDE FITTINGS
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nated if trade barriers are War protectionist policies removed, said a U.S. official, many devised by U.S. occu­
ALPINE X-COUNTRY
who requested anonymity, pation officials to help re­
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1328 Queen St. West, Toronto
“but the anti-import bias is a vive Japan's war-battered
Toronto, Ont.
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Phone 531-1931
fundamental problem that pre- economy.
vades the Japanese system.’’
More recently, Japan has
An example of the Japan­ made serious moves to open
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ese attitude is the Japan Lawn its markets, it has sighed
Toronto, Ont. M5T 1G9
Tennis Association decree international agreements low­
Tel:
977-7655
Travel Service
that no foreign-made balls ering tariffs and setting stan­
proprietor
Tour to Washington D C.
April 9-12
are allowed in domestic tour­ dards for safety, licensing '
During the Easter Weekend, we are visiting Washington
JON ONODERA
naments.
~
and
procurement.
on a chartered bus. Join us. There are lots of fun on our
489-4654 ------ 481-8895
Often it is just the network
Last November, in another
chartered bus Tour.
of regulations - they some- move to ease trade friction
(Business) (Residence)
Tour to Hawaii
'
More and more Niseis and Sanseis are visiting Hawaii.
times exasperate Japanese with -foreign businessmen,
How about you? Join our big group this summer and visit this
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producers too- that stops the Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki
fascinating Island. More the merrier; Oh return, you can visit
foreign trader at the docks.
Toronto
called for sweeping review of
Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon to complete the
For example:
grand tour of the West.
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“Many Japanese rules were
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who asked not to be named.
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making the foreign brands
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• Cosmetic /makers must said Japan has cooperated in
face six months's testing on removing outmoded, unnec­
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Fred Langhammer of the Estee
“hotel s
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Friday, February 12; 1982

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THE

Person©! Notes Across Canada*

NEW

Edmonton
J.C. Club
honors
members

YAMAMOTO
COQUITLAM, B.C. — Mr.
Ray T. Yamamoto, aged 47
years, passed away on Jan­ PRESIDENT'S CORNER
'
IKEDA
;
by Nori Nishimura
TORONTO — Carole Ikeda, uary 12, 1982.
Survived by his loving fam­
EDMONTON — The much
aged 11 years old, passed
away at her home on January ily: Wife Kiyoko, daughters deserved recognition of volunteers who gave so much
29, 1982? Dearly loved daugh­ Mari and Aki, and son Kiyoshi,
all of Coquitlam. Service atz time and effort to our club
ter of Sidney and Maria Ikeda,
sister of David and Laurie. Boal MemoriaJ Chapel, North over the years was acknowled­
Vancouver, B.C.
ged at the Edmonton Japanese
Dear grandchild of Tamae
Community Club Christmas
' and the late Masao Ikeda, and 7
Births
Party. Framed Certificate of
the late Tsunejiro and Gin
EDMONTON, Alta. — Karen
Service was presented to
Shoji.
Humphrey Funeral Home. and Brian Sugiyama recent­ John and Lucy Takahashi, Flo
Shikaze, Tak Nagata, Hideko
Funeral at Toronto Buddhist ly announced the birth of
Kanedaand George Nakamura.
Church. Interment Pine Hills Nicole Ann Yasuko on De
cember z1. 1981 at 7lbs. BroWords are inadequate to
Cemetery.
express how much we are in­
_ ther to Corey.
debted to this group of self­
SAGARA
less people who contributed
EDMONTON, Alta. — Ted
TORONTO — Mrs. Miyo and Carol Asai recently an- so much and are still doing
Sagara (nee Iwata) passed nounced the birth o) ,their so to the betterment of the
away a . pnncess Ma,-garet daughter, Victoria Miya on EJCCS. Their standard of
Hospital in her 86 h yean Be- Dec^mber 16> 1981. sister
dedication and service to the
loved wife of the fate Ryojiro
A|exander
~ community is an inspiration
Sagara, she was the dearly
_________ and challenge for us to follow.
loved mother of Tomoya,
TQRONTO _ Gary and
Are the activities of the
Jack, Kay (Mrs. John Kunito.
+ .
. .
.. . .
.Dianne (nee Wall) Hosaki re- EJCCS in step with the needs
mo), Takeshi, Motoi and

o
x ; cent y announced the birth of. and interests of the Edmon­
Ruth (Mrs. J.W.L. Smith), four
. ..
ioniioru
'
' .
their son, Justin on January ton Japanese Community?
daughters-in-laws and
W
22, 1982 weighing in at 7lbs. This is the complex question
son-in-laws. She was the
7 ozs. Proud grandparents Mr. that The present Board of Digrandmother to fifteen and
& Mrs. George Hosaki and Mr. rectors are trying to resolve.
great-grandmother to- Mia
The club membership is
& Mrs. Frank Wall.
Skye. McDougall and Brown
represented by three main
“Danforth Chapel”. Funeral
groups. The largest is the 3rd
TORONTO — Ken and Jane
service at St. Andrew's Japa­
and 4th generation Japanese
nese Congregation at ‘St. Ogaki recently announced the
Canadians who are well inte­
Alban the Martyr Anglican birth of their first child, a son,
grated Th the Canadian way of
Shane, born on February 2,
Church. Cremation.
life. A large proportion of this
1982 weighing in at 8 lbs. 6
MATSUBA
ozs. at Scarboro General. . group have lost much of their
EDMONTON, Alta.— Mr. Proud grandparents are Tak cultural heritage. Second is a
Ken Matsuba passed away on and Shiz Ogaki & Emma and group of middle aged Niseis
December 21st, 1981. He was Stan Cooze of Brookfield, who grew up in Canada dur­
ing the war years and ex­
71 years of age. He is survived Newfoundland.
perienced many years of
by his loving family.
racial prejudices and peer
pressure directed against
minority groups. The last
Barrister & Solicitor
| group is recent immigrants (
and their families. Because of
Japanese fine-porcelain
Canada's restrictive immigra­
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tion laws that spanned more
laquerware and
Stouffville; Ontario
than a generation, there is a
gift items
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distinct gap in the cultural
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heritage of the first two groups
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Concourse Level
from the newer immigrants.
Toronto
However, there are two
928-3385
things common to all. The
Japanese in the Edmonton
area are a highly''qualified
AND PARTNERS
group of people and repre­
CHARTERED
sent, a very potent manpower
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resource. They also have a
on
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Japanese. This resurgence of
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Ovens, Video Cassette
the Japanese community. Be­
Recorders, and TV
cause of Japan 's high profile
Converters
in the industrial and economic
world, the number of requests
' Admiral, Lloyds,
and inquiries regarding pre­
Panasonoc, Quasa ,
sentations to schools, and
Toshiba, Zenith
social groups has been in­
creasing.
To effectively serve our
community we need a better
understanding and definition
member MTTSA
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of the common needs and
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. interest of the group as a
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whole.
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A questionnaire is being
460 Dundas Street West
(at Albion)
, prepared asking for your in­
Toronto, Ontario
Shig Aoki, Prop.
put to help direct EJCCS
activities.

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{ Dates & Doings]
Edmonton J.C.Bonspiel in March
EDMONTON, <Alta.— The Edmonton Japanese Curling
Club will be holding
their 17th Annual Mixed Bonspiel on March
26, 27 & 28, 1982 at the Thistle Curling Club. A social, banquet:
and dance' will also be held in conjunction with’..this event
Eligibility:
1. Team mustconsist of two members of Japanese origin
or regular members of an organized Japanese curling club.
2. Skip must be of Japanese origin or regular member of an
organized Japanese curling club.
3; Team must have at least one female curler.
' 4. All rinks must have a minimum of three players to start,
to be eligible for competition.
For Entry Form and/or additional information contact Club
President, Terry Uyeda at 482-6861, or write to 9104 71 Street,
Edmonton, Alta., T6B1Y2.

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Friday, February 12, 1982

CANADIAN

Japanese Stars in Flicker Hollywood
Japanese Barnum
- Tatsya Arai (father of oldtime ancestry i n' Hollywood films,
He knocked on the door of
At the turn of the century a JACLer Clarence Arai) to bring she soon became a star. Pe­
(Kashu Mainichi)
the lab at the old Lasky Studio
Japanese showman who call­ the Kawakami company to ; tite,- utterly feminine and
In recent years Bob Okazaki has aD^ goLajob in the darkroom.
thoroughly Japanese, Tsuru
There Kotani came under ed himself “Kushibiki” blazed Seattle. - been, better known as -an actor of
Aoki was starred I n^a series
The businessman wanted
great skill, usually portraying the role the tutelage of Papa Wycoff,
across the American theatriof motion pictures tailored to
of a Japanese business type in both knownJn the industry as the
cal world, in the United States to introduce Japanese culture
motion pictures and television. His
“father of cameramen.” With­ he was known as the “Japan­ to the Pacific Northwest. her talent - “The Tokyo Siren,”
credits, of course, are too numerous
“Locked Lips,” “Birthright,”
ese Barnum.”
Among these men were Ototo list here. A side of Bob which is in a year the young Japanese
Kushibiki established him­ taka Yamaoka (father of the “The Curse of Ikue,” and
not as well known but certainly de­ was a second cameraman.
serving of mention is that he was the
v When Geraldine Farrar was self by supplying the St. Louis international lawyer, George many others. Destined to be
fateful was her 1914 starring
first publisher of an ail-English daily .signedxby Lasky and Goldwyn
World's Fair in 1904 with a and film veterans Iris and
- newspaper, “The Japanese American
Japanese village — an exotic Otto Yamaoka) and Tetsuo vehicle, “Wrath of the Gods,”
at
the
height
of
her
career
as
" News,” published in the early 30's.
filmed at Inceville, a mile dr
a
Metropolitan
Opera
star
and
collection
of
acrobats,
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magi-Takahashi,
father
of
Ted
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Here are some of the stories Bob wrote
so north of the Santa Monica
cians, dancing girls and a col- kahashi.
during his days as a journalist — came to Hollywood to make a
beach. Her leading man in
Editor's Note.
series of pictures, Kotani got lection of freaks.
' After a performance in
the assignment behind the
He then went into the Seattle the Kawakamis were that film was another Japan­
First Nisei Cameraman
wholesale importation of Nip­ again advised to return to ese who was to become an'
The year is 1906f-just a half camera.
He had been first camera­ ponese attractions' of jhe Japan. But in the group was a important name in Hollywood.
century ago.. An ambitious
He was Sessue Hayakawa.
young Japanese American, man on DeMille's “The Woman vaudeville chains which, in pretty little girl who played
Tsuru fell in love with
Henry Kotani is graduated God Forgot,” and now he was. those pre-TV,pre-movie days, child roles. .
Hayakawa. A friend, Shinichi' from Lowell High School in shooting Farrar in “Carmen.” supplied theaters in nearly
Her father, Hyosai Arai, an
Kotani had his own camera every city, .town and village in artist had accompanied the ro Segawa, probably the first
San Francisco. .
student.of Japanese descent
In those days, graduating crew and he could-afford ex­ America. ’
-company because of his
it seemed no bill was com­ daughter, add had doubled as to graduate from USC, learn­
from high school was some­ pensive cigars he loved.
Kotani's skill won wide plete without a Nipponese- stage manager. He liked Am­ ed. of. the romance.
thing akin to getting a doctor- He tpok upon .himself the
__ate in this atomic age. It-indi­ acclaim in DeMille's “Joan juggler, wirewalker with the erica and he decided to stay.
of Woman” (Joan of Arc) in- inevitable Japanese parasol, a
Arai and his daughter, Tsu­ real-life role of the “b'aiskunin”
cated a career.
bandy-legged acrobat or some ru, settled down in Pasadena, and arranged the Arai-Haya­
The Nipponese settlement 1917.
of Los Angeles in that , era ‘ One critic praised the pan­ other so-called “dumb act” to ■California, where, the artist kawa nuptials which took
was a scattering of lodging oramic shots, ritual-like open or close the stage show, found a-ready market along place later that year.
After her marriage Tsuru
At one time Kushibiki'-s Millionaire's row on Orange
rooms, employment agencies, dream effects, striking double
fantastic operations from his Grove Avenue fpr his paint­ Aoki relegated her own screen
' eating houses, card rooms exposures.
The technical, effects were, San Francisco office covered ings and sculptured^ pieces. prominence to the background
and saloons, set on grassy,
knolls among live oak trees in said to be “Michaelangelo- the globe. He had a staff of Even today Hyosai's paint­ and concentrated on building
the neighborhood of 7th and ing,” the sunshine. Kotani more than 50 press agents, ings of peacocks, framed in her husband' s career.
When Sessue was secure
Grand in what is now the heart could race up and down the booking' managers and ad- felt, hang in the sedate homes
in his stardom,-relations had
of San Francisco which was beach at'Malabu in his hand­ vance men.
along Orange Grove Avenue.
changed between them. Tsuru
, rebuilding after the quake made racing car.
He purchased 40 acres of
Tsuru grew up amidst the
Kotani's fame spread to Oakland waterfront- where refinement of her Pasadena returned to Japan so that
andfire which occurred the
year of his graduation.
Japan;, where movies were stage scenery, props, cos­ environment and became. a Sessu? WQuld be ab'e to b“
Henry was looking for j u s t g e 11 i n g t h e i r s t a rt. O n I y a tumes, drapes, _and drops protege of Ruth St. Denis, in his success, alone and
something to do and he found few years before two Bell and were sorted, hung, assembled then the. reigning queen of s unencumbered.
In real life, Tsuru Aoki
it in the kaleidoscope excite­ Howell cameras had been im­ and packed for shipment to the dance.
ment of the fledging, movie ported and the Shochiku the remote corners of his farTsuru had been 'on the played her greatest role . . .
industry.
studio was making a feeble flung theatrical empire.
stage since her 8th birthday. As for Sessue Hayakawa,
A man named Col. William attempt at picturemaking.
Later, when the movies Now a young woman, she that's another story.
M. Selig had arrived from Chi­ Henry received a fabulous became popular and the de­ claimed audiences in her ap­
cago and rented the rear yard offer to become their'head, mand for live talent slackened, pearances as a member of
of the Sing Loo Laundry on cameraman.
Kushibiki returned to Japan the St. Denis company:
Beauty Salon
Olive Street, between 7th and
In 1920, Kotani sailed for and built the Akadama dance
She was discovered by the
8th, for a movie lot.
Japan. His first picture help-, palace on Osaka's gay Do
1162 College Street
movies in 1913 and appeared
The Chinese laundrymeh ed establish Ihochiku at the tombori. He called it the in Keystone comedies oppo­
Toronto, Ont.
spit on their sizzling sad-irons - top of the Japanese movie world' s largest dance hall.
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and watched the “classy industry.
- It has often been wondered
The first girl; of Japanese
Mon. — 1 to 6 p.m.
white men” making pictures.
Before he.left Kotani made ' why some Japanese motion
Tues. — Fri. — 9 to 6 p.m.
Young. Nipponese immi- a deal with Famous Players — picture company did not make'
Sat. — 9 to 3 p.m.
Thursdays closed
grants who also lived in the -Lasky_(now Paramount) to film „a film based on the exciting
immediate area, scrutinized
noteworthy events in Japan exploits of this legendary
the picture-making activities
and to this day, Henry lenses showman.
with no little interest. Soon
pictures for Paramount.
One oT Kushibiki's earlier
they were working as rousta­
When Kotani was a head imports of theatrical compan­
bouts, scene-shifters, car­ cameraman in Hollywood, a ies from Nippon — in 1901 —
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It was as an extra that Hen­
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D.W. Griffith's “Birth of a Na­ than James Wong HoWe, who of the wild and woolly west ;
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“The Cheat,” when the three
Well, that's the Kotani
Broke and discouraged, the •
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