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Asian cinema has just lost one of its most important figures. Today the actress Miyoshi Umeki died at the age of 78, a victim of cancer, according to the Asian media reported this afternoon.
Umeki became famous for winning the first Hollywood Academy Oscar for an Asian actress. Was it because of the role he played in the famous film "Sayonara" in 1957 ,? it was informed.
In that movie, he shared the bill with Marlon Brando. The film told the story of a group of American soldiers who fell in love with Asian women during the Korean War.