Christina Kokubo

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Christina Kokubo (July 27, 1950, in Detroit, Michigan – June 9, 2007) was an American film and television actress; she was also a drama teacher.

Career

Kokubo appeared in several feature films, including The Yakuza (1975), a neo-noir gangster film set in Japan, and Midway (1976), in which she played a Japanese-American who has a troubled romance with a white naval officer during World War II.[1] [2]

She also appeared in several television productions, including appearing as Paramedic Faith Yee in thirteen episodes (1984–1988) of St. Elsewhere, a medical-drama television series. Additionally, Kokubo participated in several documentary films about the yakuza crime syndicate in Japan.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1984, Kokubo portrayed a samurai's wife in Three Confessions at the Cast-at-the-Circle theater.[3]

Teaching and legacy

For seven years, Kokubo taught acting classes at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles, California. [4] Spearheading the Los Angeles premier non-profit theater for the blind called "Changing Perceptions." Kokubo's Class — a non-profit organization that offers drama therapy to the disabled in the Los Angeles area, is named in her memory. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Death

Christina Kokubo died in 2007, at age 56, of complications from breast cancer. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1975 The Yakuza Hanako
1976 Midway Haruko Sakura
1978 Hawaii Five-O Eugenie Barlow TV series, Episode: "Invitation to Murder"
1986 Just Between Friends Nurse
1984-1988 St. Elsewhere Paramedic Faith Yee TV series, 14 episodes

References

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  1. Database (undated) "Midway (1976)". co-published by Baseline StudioSystems and All Media Guide (hosted on The New York Times website). Accessed January 24, 2010.
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