Miyoshi Umeki

[Aaron Gerow]

The news services report that Miyoshi Umeki, the Japanese singer- 
actress who became the first Asian to win an Academy Award for her  
performance in Sayonara, has died of cancer. She was 78. Here is a  
link to the Japan Times story:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nn20070907a6.html




Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University

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