Reiko Sato

Reiko Sato

Nacimiento : 1931-12-19, Los Angeles, California, USA

Muerte : 1981-05-28

Historia

Reiko Sato (Japanese: レイコ・佐藤; December 19, 1931 – May 28, 1981) was an American dancer and actress. Sato was born in Los Angeles, California, to an issei Zen Buddhist priest, Ken-ichi Sato, and his wife Chieko. She and her family were interned at the Gila River War Relocation Center during World War II. Her mother became a real estate investor after the war; Reiko also had an older brother, Keiichiro, and a younger brother, Koji. She graduated from Belmont High School in 1949, later attending Los Angeles City College. She continued her studies in ballet. Sato is best known for playing seamstress Helen Chao in the 1961 feature film Flower Drum Song. She also had a dramatic role in The Ugly American, receiving personal coaching from actor Marlon Brando with whom she had a relationship. She had been on contract with Fox and Universal, but nothing materialized, and she retired from Hollywood. She had performed as the original Princess of Ababu in the Broadway production of Kismet, as well as the movie. In 1955, she played the female lead of Lotus Blossom in the second national tour of John Patrick's play The Teahouse of the August Moon opposite Larry Parks. She was also in the Broadway play, Destry Rides Again, having two roles. Sato was scheduled to return to Broadway as part of a 1966 musical Chu Chem, but its chaotic Philadelphia tryout led to the production being canceled before reaching New York. She participated in regional theater as well, performing in the Valentina Oumansky Dramatic Dance Ensemble on September 24, 1970, in Hilo, Hawaii. Sato spent her final years involved in various organizations promoting equality for Asian-American performers. She lived on Mulholland Drive. She died of a brain aneurysm on May 28, 1981. Half of her ashes were sent to a Buddhist temple. The other half was "spirited away" to Marlon Brando's private island. Her authorized biography, Reiko Sato by Samuel Clemens was published on February 4, 2022.

Perfil

Reiko Sato

Películas

¡Esto sí es bailar!
From 'Kismet' (archive footage)
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
Su excelencia el Embajador
Un embajador (Marlon Brando) llega a Sarkan, un país del sureste de Asia, donde la sombra de la guerra civil amenaza una tensa paz. El país está dividido, y existe una gran inquietud política porque los comunistas controlan casi todo el territorio; además, el pueblo desconfía de su primer ministro Kwen Sai. El gobierno de los Estados Unidos invierte cuantiosos fondos en la construcción de una carretera que permitirá explotar el interior del país, pero los comunistas se oponen.
Flower Drum Song
Helen Chao
A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.
Del infierno a la eternidad
Famika
Guy Gabaldón, huérfano desde niño, es acogido por una familia japonesa, que lo educa como a un hijo más. Pero, al estallar la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la familia es enviada a un campo de refugiados. Guy, por su parte, se alista en el cuerpo de marines y, gracias a sus conocimientos del idioma japonés, lleva a cabo importantes misiones en el Pacífico.
Un extraño en el paraíso
1st Princess of Ababu (uncredited)
Un rey perteneciente a un califato de Arabia se hace pasar por un poeta callejero para mezclarse con los habitantes de su reino y conocer las opiniones que tienen sobre él. También, conocerá a una bella joven por la que se sentirá atraído.
La casa de bambú
Charlie's Girl (uncredited)
La acción transcurre en Tokyo. Un policía, Eddie Kenner, se infiltra en el seno de una banda brutal de ex-compañeros de armas, dirigido por Sandy Dawson, con el fin de aclarar el asesinato de una persona durante el atraco a un tren de municiones. Sandy salva la vida del policía y hace de él su mano derecha, pero no tardará en descubrir su doble juego.
Target Hong Kong
Dice Girl (uncredited)
Yankee soldiers-of-fortune smash a spy plot aimed at seizing Hong Kong.
La fugitiva
Suzie
Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) es testigo de un asesinato mientras pasea una noche a su perro. El inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) le pide que declare ante el gran jurado, pero Frank decide huir. Su mujer, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), que además piensa que en realidad huye de un matrimonio fracasado, obtiene la ayuda de un periodista, Danny Leggett (Dennis O'Keefe), para localizar a su marido. Pero ellos no son los únicos que le están buscando...
Mother Didn't Tell Me
Suki (uncredited)
Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite warnings from a host of other doctor's wives that she will be neglected and lonely, thanks to his career. Based on the novel The Doctor Has Three Faces by Mary Bard and billed as a movie with "all the answers" for new wives, this dated little film follows Jane's struggles to adapt her life to better suit her husband's needs.