Toyo Fujita (16 July 1893 â€" 25 July 1959) was a Japanese actor who
worked in Hollywood from the late 1910s through the mid-1930s.Toyo
earned a reputation as a talented actor on the stage in Japan, and
later moved to the United States, where he appeared in theatrical
productions in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He later settled down in
Los Angeles, where he owned and operated a theater in the city's
Little Tokyo neighborhood. Apparently this is where he met Sessue
Hayakawa, an actor he often worked with in Hollywood films. He told
reporters he was fond of reading about pirates.
worked in Hollywood from the late 1910s through the mid-1930s.Toyo
earned a reputation as a talented actor on the stage in Japan, and
later moved to the United States, where he appeared in theatrical
productions in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He later settled down in
Los Angeles, where he owned and operated a theater in the city's
Little Tokyo neighborhood. Apparently this is where he met Sessue
Hayakawa, an actor he often worked with in Hollywood films. He told
reporters he was fond of reading about pirates.
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