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Biography

Yukio Aoyama

Overview

  • Born
    March 15, 1888 · Nagoya, Japan
  • Died
    December 11, 1939 · Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Birth name
    Massajiro Kaihatsu

Biography

  • High school education in Japan and America and drama school in Chicago. Yukio Aoyama was an editor of the Japanes Daily News for five years and also writer and drama critic. Was a leading man in Japanese stock companies. Was in American-produced films, and co-starred with Lois Wilson in "Hari-Kari" (aka "Who Is Your Servant", and co-starred with Helen Holmes in the Warners's serial "The Tiger Band."

    Worked in over sixty Vitagraph films as technical director or assistant director. In 1934, worked on the Japanese Movie Magazine and the Kodan Club, and was the owner of The Oriental Costume Company in Hollywood.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Les Adams

Family

  • Spouse
      Kuwa Kosaki (5 children)
  • Children
      Arthur Aoyama
  • Relatives
      Edward Kaihatsu(Grandchild)

Trivia

  • Father of child actor Arthur Aoyama.

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