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You had shows like McHale's Navy.. many of you might remember...actor Yoshio Yoda who played, Fuji Kobiaji, the Japanese pow who was kept in hiding from Captain Binghamton (Joe Flynn).
It was probably rare that an actual Japanese actor got to play in TV series and whose part was played with some dignity. The actor who played the Japanese lost on Giligan's island was played
by Italian actor Vito Scotti who was not even close to Asian.
Another prominent Asian actor of the time was the Chinese actor who played HopSing on Bonanza. Victor Sen Yung was also treated well, in his scripts... things were starting to change back than... Slowly.
A long way from Jerry Lewis playing a outrageous Asian character
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